The Cambridge history of the Napoleonic Wars. Volume II, Fighting the Napoleonic wars / edited by Bruno Colson, Alexander Mikaberidze.

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Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
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1 online resource (xiv, 744 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

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Series
The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars Series
Summary note
The Napoleonic Wars saw almost two decades of brutal fighting. Fighting took place on an unprecedented scale, from the frozen wastelands of Russia to the rugged mountains of the Peninsula; from Egypt's Lower Nile to the bloody battlefield of New Orleans. Volume II of The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars provides a comprehensive guide to the Napoleonic Wars and weaves together the four strands - military, naval, economic, and diplomatic - that intertwined to make up one of the greatest conflicts in history. Written by a team of the leading Napoleonic scholars, this volume provides an authoritative and comprehensive analysis of why the nations went to war, the challenges they faced and how the wars were funded and sustained. It sheds new light not only on the key battles and campaigns but also on questions of leadership, strategy, tactics, guerrilla warfare, recruitment, supply, and weaponry.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 03 Jan 2023).
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Cover
  • Half-title page
  • Series page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Maps
  • Key to maps
  • List of Tables
  • List of Contributors to Volume II
  • Introduction to Volume II
  • Part I The Nature of Warfare in the Napoleonic Era
  • 1 Military Strategy and Tactics
  • 2 Siege Warfare
  • 3 Small Wars and Guerrilla Fighting
  • 4 Maritime Warfare
  • Part II The State of the Armed Forces
  • 5 Napoleon's Grande Armée
  • 6 The Austrian Army
  • 7 The Prussian Army
  • 8 The Russian Army
  • 9 The British Army
  • 10 The Royal Navy
  • 11 The French Navy
  • Part III Raising and Supplying the Armies
  • 12 Logistics and Supply
  • 13 Arms and Weaponry
  • 14 Funding War (1): Napoleonic France
  • 15 Funding War (2): Britain
  • 16 Funding War (3): The Habsburg Empire
  • Part IV Napoleon's Military Campaigns in Europe
  • 17 Napoleon's Italian Campaigns, 1796-1800
  • 18 The Ulm and Austerlitz Campaigns, 1805
  • 19 The Campaigns of 1806-7 in Prussia and Poland
  • 20 The Peninsular War, 1808-14
  • 21 The 1809 Campaign against Austria
  • 22 The Russian Campaign of 1812
  • 23 The 1813 Campaign in Central Europe
  • 24 The Campagne de France of 1814
  • 25 The Hundred Days and Waterloo, 1815
  • Part V Other Spheres of War
  • 26 The Napoleonic Wars in Scandinavia
  • 27 The War at Sea: Trafalgar and Beyond
  • 28 Haiti, Slavery and the War in the Caribbean
  • 29 The Egyptian Campaign and the Middle East
  • 30 War and Piracy in the Atlantic World
  • 31 The War of 1812 in the United States
  • 32 The First Total War? The Place of the Napoleonic Wars in the History of Warfare
  • Bibliographical Essays
  • Index.
ISBN
  • 9781108284721
  • 1108284728
  • 9781108286886
  • 1108286887
  • 9781108278096
  • 1108278094
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