Format:
1 online resource (988 pages)
ISBN:
9781439131039
Content:
Intro -- Dedication -- List of Illustrations -- Explanatory Key to Maps -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Author's Note -- General Introduction -- Part One. Apprenticeship to Arms -- Introduction: First Emergence -- 1. Preparation -- 2. Toulon -- 3. Brigadier General of Artillery -- 4. The "Sword" of Paul Barras -- Part Two. In Search of a Reputation -- 5. Commander in Chief -- 6. The Defeat of Piedmont -- 7. The Bridge of Lodi -- 8. The Achievement in Peril-Mantua -- 9. Caldiero and Arcola -- 10. Rivoli -- 11. Advance to Leoben -- 12. The Measure of Success -- Part Three. Napoleon's Art of War -- Introduction: The Master's Words -- 13. Doctrinal Inheritance -- 14. The Ingredients of Napoleonic War -- 15. Strategic Concepts -- 16. Grand Tactics on the Battlefield -- 17. The Embryonic System: Castiglione -- Part Four. Oriental Interlude: The Six Acres of Land -- Introduction: The Sands of Marabout -- 18. Oriental Opportunities -- 19. Mediterranean Chase -- 20. The Pyramids Look Down -- 21. Expedition to Syria -- 22. The Balance Sheet of Failure -- Part Five. Toward the Summit: The Conspirator and Peacemaker -- 23. The Ripened Fruit -- 24. First Consul -- 25. Plans of Campaign -- 26. The Passage of the Alps -- 27. Marengo -- 28. Peace Restored -- Part Six. The Works of Peace and the Road to War -- 29. Ruler and Lawgiver -- 30. The Camp of Boulogne -- 31. Prospects of Wider War -- 32. La Grande Armée -- 33. Imperial Headquarters -- Part Seven. From the Rhine to the Danube -- Introduction: The Eve of Austerlitz -- 34. Plans and Preparations -- 35. Strategic Triumph-Ulm -- 36. The Warriors of Holy Russia -- 37. The Battle of the Three Emperors-Austerlitz -- 38. The Ingredients of Success -- Part Eight. Rossbach Avenged -- 39. Hohenzollern Hypocrite -- 40. Plans for War -- 41. "Le Bataillon Carré" -- 42. Jena-Auerstadt -- 43. The Triumph Analyzed.
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Additional Edition:
9780025236608
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9780025236608
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=5658538
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