Ronald Fraser

Napoleon's Cursed War (eBook, ePUB)

Spanish Popular Resistance in the Peninsular War, 1808-14

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this definitive account of the Peninsular War (1808-14), Napoleon's six-year war against Spain, Ronald Fraser examines what led to the emperor's devastating defeat against the popular opposition - the guerrillas - and their British and Portuguese allies. As well as relating the histories of the great political and military figures of the war, Fraser brings to life the anonymous masses - the artisans, peasants and women who fought, suffered and died - and restores their role in this barbaric war to its rightful place while overturning the view that this was a straightforward military campaign. This vivid, meticulously researched book offers a distinct and profound vision of "Napoleon's Vietnam" and shows the reality of the disasters of war: the suffering, discontents and social upheaval that accompanied the fighting.

With a new Introduction by Perry Anderson.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 656
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781789603774
• Artikelnr.: 66424692

Autorenporträt

Ronald Fraser (1930-2012) is the author of, among other works, Blood of Spain, a celebrated oral history of the Spanish Civil War.

Rezensionen

Fraser has re-created a world, barely glimpsed by previous historians, of the Spanish popular resistance and suffering during the anti-Napoleonic war ... An excellent work. Carlos Martinez Shaw El Pais