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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823816103321

Autore

Connelly Owen <1929, >

Titolo

The wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon, 1792-1815 / / Owen Connelly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2006

ISBN

1-134-55289-0

1-283-64252-2

0-203-96594-9

1-134-55290-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

Warfare and history

Disciplina

940.2/7

Soggetti

First Coalition, War of the, 1792-1797

Second Coalition, War of the, 1798-1801

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815

France History Revolution, 1789-1799

France History, Military 1789-1815

Europe History, Military 1789-1815

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

THE WARS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON, 1792-1815; Copyright; Contents; List of maps; Introduction; 1 The Eighteenth century: the French military and its enemies -the Revolution begin; 2 The Revolution and war: First campaigns, 1789-93; 3 The Terror: politics and army reform, 1793-94; 4 The Terror and war, July 1793-July 1794; 5 The government of Thermidor and establishment of the Directory, July 1794-October 1795; 6 War in Italy and Germany, 1796-97; 7 Egypt and the coup d'etat de Brumaire, 1798-99; 8 Marengo and the Grande Armée, 1800-05

9 Subduing the European powers: Austerlitz-Jena-Auerstädt-Friedland, 1805-0710 ""That miserable Spanish affair"": the Peninsular War, 1808-13; 11 The Wagram campaign, 1809/The Empire reaches its height, 1810; 12 The Russian campaign, 1812; 13 Campaigns of Germany and France, 1813-14; 14 The Hundred Days and Waterloo, 1815; 15



Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Written by an experienced author and expert in the field, Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon, 1792-1815 provides a thorough re-examination of the crucial period in the history of France for students of history and military studies.Based on extensive research, and including twenty detailed maps, this study is unique in its focus on the wars of both the French Revolution and Napoleon. Owen Connelly expertly analyzes them both to provide a broader context for warfare.Examining the causes of the wars, and how the practices of warfare during this period were to inf