The Wars of Napoleon

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The Wars of Napoleon

Charles J. Esdaile

（Modern wars in perspective）

Longman, 1995

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780582059542

Description

This text contains nine sections which include: the nature of the Napoleonic wars; the triumph of the French; the empire of the French; resistance to the French; perfidious Albion; the emulation of the French; revolution and the French; and the impact of the Napoleonic wars.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 The nature of the Napoleonic Wars: the wheat and the chaff
  • the first consul
  • the peace of Amiens
  • the Napoleonic wars
  • an aptly named conflict. Part 2 The triumph of the French: a nation-in-arms?
  • the contours of Napoleonic warfare
  • Napoleon and France
  • the "grande armee"
  • the impact of genius
  • a victorious synthesis. Part 3 The Empire of the French: the image of reform
  • the territories of empire
  • pressures for integration
  • the implementation of reform
  • the collaborators
  • the rape of Europe
  • an image flawed. Part 4 Resistance to the French: the rise of people's war
  • the popular experience of empire
  • the origins of revolt
  • the efficacy of resistance
  • an exaggerated phenomenon?. Part 5 Perfidious Albion: an island set apart
  • facing up to Boney
  • booming to victory
  • the challenge to the old order
  • the reckoning. Part 6 The emulation of the French: legitimism liberalized?
  • Spain - the era of Godoy
  • Austria - the failure of the Archduke Charles
  • Russia - Alexander I, the Unofficial Committee and Speransky
  • Prussia - the great reform movement
  • the survival of the old order. Part 7 Revolution and the French: transformation at the periphery
  • Spain - mediaevalists and liberals
  • Sweden - the downfall of the Vasas
  • Sicily - the barons and the British
  • absolutism triumphant. Part 8 The downfall of the French: a people's war?
  • disintegration on the home front
  • disaster in Russia
  • the war of liberation
  • Napoleon at bay
  • the limits of the possible. Part 9 The impact of the Napoleonic wars: the Napoleonic wars and the idea of progress
  • the pragmatic legitimists
  • a society transformed?
  • a new age of revolution?
  • into the 19th century.
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780582059559

Description

A survey of the Napoleonic Wars. The central theme is the scale of French military power and its impact on other European states from Portugal to Russia and from Scandinavia to Sicily.

Table of Contents

1. The Nature of the Napoleonic Wars 2. The Triumph of the French. 3.The Empire of the French. 4.Resistance to the French. 5. Perfidious Albion. 6. The Emulation of the French 7. Revolution and the French 8. The Downfall of the French 9.The Impact of Napoleonic Wars. Chronology. Bibliographical Essay. Maps Index.

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