The Art of Warfare in the Age of Napoleon 0253310768, 0253202604
The era of the Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon has been one of the favourite topics for historians, writers o
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English Pages [283] Year 1981
Table of contents :
Illustrations
Line Drawings
Acknowledgments
Preface
1 Armies and Warfare during the Last Years of the Ancien Régime
2 The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: from Valmy to Waterloo
3 The Soldier’s Trade
4 The French Revolutionary Armies and their New Art of War
5 Napoleon’s Armies
6 Opponents of the French
7 Staff Problems, Fortifications and Medical Services
8 Epilogue
Appendix I : Selected battles 1792-1815
Appendix II : Selected sieges, assaults, blockades 1792—1815
Select Bibliography
Index
