The Anatomy Of Glory; Napoleon And His Guard, A Study In Leadership

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910158933503321
• Autore: Lachouque Commandant Henri
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: San Francisco : , : Wagram Press, , 2013; ©2013
• ISBN: 1-78625-582-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1030 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): BrownAnne S. K
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- PLATES -- MAPS AND PLANS -- TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE -- PROLOGUE -- BOOK I - THE GUARD IS BORN -- CHAPTER 1 - The Ancestors -- CHAPTER 2 - The Guard of the Consuls -- CHAPTER 3 - Marengo -- CHAPTER 4 - The Guides of Bonaparte -- CHAPTER 5 - 'The Guard' -- CHAPTER 6 - Savages and Sailors -- CHAPTER 7 - The Fledglings -- BOOK II - THE GUARD KEEPS WATCH -- CHAPTER 1 - The Imperial Guard -- CHAPTER 2 - Coronation -- CHAPTER 3 - The March to Vienna -- CHAPTER 4 - Austerlitz -- CHAPTER 5 - A Packful of Glory -- CHAPTER 6 - Precarious Peace -- CHAPTER 7 - Jena -- CHAPTER 8 - Berlin -- CHAPTER 9 - Eylau -- CHAPTER 10 - The Household Troop -- CHAPTER 11 - Friedland -- CHAPTER 12 - Paris -- BOOK III - THE GUARD SUFFERS -- CHAPTER 1 - South by Stealth -- CHAPTER 2 - Madrid -- CHAPTER 3 - The Marines at Baylén -- CHAPTER 4 - The Poles at Somosierra -- CHAPTER 5 - Benavente -- CHAPTER 6 - The Young Guard -- CHAPTER 7 - The Long Road Back -- CHAPTER 8 - Essling -- CHAPTER 9 - Wagram -- CHAPTER 10 - Schönbrunn -- BOOK IV - THE GUARD IN SPLENDOR -- CHAPTER 1 - Imperial Bridegroom -- CHAPTER 2 - The Gilded Phalanx -- CHAPTER 3 - The Fêtes of 1810 -- CHAPTER 4 - Days of Anxiety -- CHAPTER 5 - The 'Baby Guard' -- CHAPTER 6 - The School of the Guard -- CHAPTER 7 - Cavaliers and Guns -- CHAPTER 8 - The Music of the Guard -- BOOK V - THE GUARD IN ACTION -- CHAPTER 1 - The 'Majestic Migration' -- CHAPTER 2 - Poland -- CHAPTER 3 - Smolensk -- CHAPTER 4 - ; Borodino -- CHAPTER 5 - Moscow -- CHAPTER 6 - The Retreat -- CHAPTER 7 - Krasny -- CHAPTER 8 - Crossing the Berezina -- CHAPTER 9 - The Remnants -- BOOK VI - THE GUARD TAKES CHARGE -- CHAPTER 1 - Improvisation -- CHAPTER 2 - The New Guard -- CHAPTER 3 - Lützen -- CHAPTER 4 - Bautzen -- CHAPTER 5 - The Armistice -- CHAPTER 6 - Dresden -- CHAPTER 7 - The Battle of Nations.