The Napoleonic Wars
by Gunther Rothenberg
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He inherited the armies of the French Revolution that had overthrown a monarchy.and used them to conquer a continent on a scale never seen before. Napoleon developed what was perhaps the world's first "superpower," setting a pattern that would come to fruition in the 20th century (especially by totalitarian states). From descriptions of Bonaparte's rise, through the years of the Second Coalition and the Grande Armee, to the heights of victory at Austerlitz and Jena--and the depths of defeat show more in Russia and at Waterloo--a fascinating portrait emerges of a man and his methods. show lessTags
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Gunther Rothenberg was Professor of History at Purdue University in the USA.
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- Canonical title
- The Napoleonic Wars
- Alternate titles
- Les guerres napoléoniennes; Die Napoleonischen Kriege
- Original publication date
- 1999
- People/Characters
- Napoleon Bonaparte; Eugene de Beauharnais; Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, King of Sweden; Louis-Alexandre Berthier; Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher; Charles, Archduke of Austria (show all 12); Louis Nicholas Davout; Jean Lannes; André Massena; Joachim Murat; Michel Ney; Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
- Important places
- France
- Important events
- Napoleonic Wars (1803 | 1815); Battle of Austerlitz (1805-12-02); Battle of Waterloo (1815-06-18)
- First words
- THE NAPOLEONIC WARS
IN THE HISTORY OF WARFARE
This book forms part of a multi-volume series on the history of warfare from the fourth millenium BC to the present. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Perhaps, yet despite enormous changes in technology, many campaigns and battles since 1815 have been fought on the Napoleonic pattern, and Napoleon's campaigns continue to form part of the curriculum at advanced military schools throughout the world.
- Original language
- English UK
Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 940.27 — History & geography History of Europe History of Europe Europe: Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment, Napolean Napoleonic period 1789-1815
- LCC
- DC220 .R67 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania France – Andorra – Monaco History of France Modern, 1515- Revolutionary and Napoleonic period, 1789-1815
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- Languages
- English, French, German
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
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