The Napoleonic Wars.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rothenberg, Gunther E., 1923-2004.

Contributor:

GIC Course Text Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Area Studies: European Studies.

Local Subjects:

Area Studies: European Studies.

Summary:

This vividly illustrated history of the Napoleonic Wars documents the wars' origins in the French Revolution, narrates Napoleon's victories at Austerlitz and Jena, and concludes with his defeats in the Iberian peninsula, Russia, and finally at Waterloo. Author Gunther E. Rothenberg describes how Napoleon transformed interstate warfare into a system of relentless conquest, creating a military superpower on a scale not seen since the Roman Empire. Though eventually defeated, Napoleon's model of conquest set a pattern that was to be revived by modern totalitarian states, and their opponents. A sweeping examination of the rise, triumph, and eventual downfall of Napoleon, a man whose military genius forever changed the face of war. Analysis of Napoleon's system of waging war, and the strategies that allowed him to create a singularly powerful army. A look at the profound influence of Napoleonic conquest on warfare of the modern era.

Contents:

Introduction: The Napoleonic Wars in the History of Warfare 16

1 The Transformation of War and the Emergence of Napoleon Bonaparte 22

2 Egypt, the Second Coalition and the Grande Armee 48

3 The Years of Victory 1805-7 76

4 The Grande Armee, Spain and the Habsburg Recovery 1807-9 108

5 The Peninsular War: Wellington and the Guerrillas 1809-13 134

6 Russia, Germany and France 1812-14 158

7 The Waterloo Campaign 1815 192

Epilogue: Napoleon's system of War 214.

ISBN:

9780060851217

006085121X