Jeremy Black

The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (eBook, ePUB)

Strategies for a World War

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The wars between 1792 and 1815 saw the making of the modern world, with Britain and Russia the key powers to emerge triumphant from a long period of bitter conflict. In this innovative book, Jeremy Black focuses on the strategic contexts and strategies involved, explaining their significance both at the time and subsequently. Reinterpreting French Revolutionary and Napoleonic warfare, strategy, and their consequences, he argues that Napoleon's failure owed much to his limitations as a strategist. Black uses this framework as a foundation to assess the nature of warfare, the character of strategy, and the eventual ascendance of Britain and Russia in this period. Rethinking the character of strategy, this is the first history to look holistically at the strategies of all the leading belligerents from a global perspective. It will be an essential read for military professionals, students, and history buffs alike.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538163719
• Artikelnr.: 63114875

Autorenporträt

Jeremy Black is a pre-eminent military historian, thinker and strategist. His publications include The French and Napoleonic Wars, A History of Artillery, Importance of Being Poirot; The World of James Bond; and A History of the Second World War in 100 Maps. He is professor emeritus of history at the University of Exeter.

Inhaltsangabe

Abbreviations
Preface
1 Introduction
2 Strategic Contexts
3 The Shock of the New? 1792-97
4 To Global Strategies, 1798-1803
5 Central Europe at Stake, 1804-9
6 New Wars, 1810-14
7 War without a Viable French Strategy? 1815
8 Strategic Assessment
9 Later Strategic Scrutiny
10 Conclusions
Selected Further Reading