Détente in the Napoleonic Era Bonaparte and the Russians (1980)

by Hugh Ragsdale

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"This book has three subjects. The first may be called, after a well-known work by Herbert Butterfield, Bonaparte's peace tactics. The second is a product of the first: it is a case study of the influence of political illusions on the interaction of Russia and the West." -- Book Jacket.

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Détente in the Napoleonic Era Bonaparte and the Russians

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1980

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Napoleon Bonaparte

Catherine II, Empress of Russia, "Catherine The Great"

Paul I, Emperor of Russia

Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince Charles-Maurice de

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For my parents

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On 18 Brumaire the tired and corrupt French revolutionary government of the Directory was overthrown by a young general - he was thirty - who is now recognized as one of the prodigies of modern history.

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"This book has three subjects. The first may be called, after a well-known work by Herbert Butterfield, Bonaparte's peace tactics. The second is a product of the first: it is a case study of the influence of political illusions on the interaction of Russia and the West." -- Book Jacket.

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