A MILITARY
HISTORY AND ATLAS OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS |
| CONTENT: This superb historical atlas is a seminal work on the Napoleonic Wars and provides a comprehensive overview of the battles and campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte between 1796 and 1815. With 169 maps charting the course of twelve crucial campaigns and detailing the key phases of such major battles as Marengo, Austerlitz and Borodino, this valuable atlas illustrates the breadth of Napoleon's concept of war, his grasp of strategy and his complete mastery of battlefield tactics. The large, colour maps allow the reader to follow the course of any campaign and highlight the importance of terrain, time and distance. They are complemented by a full narrative history which describes the dramatic military events of the period and their impact on warfare and military thinking. Each successive campaign move is detailed, the strengths of each side are analysed and their errors and failings are also fully examined. The atlas covers Napoleon's Italian campaigns 1796-1797; the Egyptian campaign; Marengo; Austerlitz; Jena; Friedland; the invasion of Spain; the Danube campaign of 1809; the invasion of Russia; the 1813 campaign; the defence of France; and the Hundred Days. An additional Appendix gives biographical details of leading military personalities, and a critical Recommended Reading List assesses hundreds of works on this formative period. KEY POINTS: The outstanding reference work on the campaigns of Napoleon 169 maps illustrate each campaign and battle where Napoleon was in command An incisive narrative of the progress of the wars AUTHOR NOTES: Vincent J. Esposito was a respected military historian and was Professor and Head of the Department of Military Art and Engineering at West Point from 1956 to 1963. Colonel John R. Elting is the foremost expert on Napoleon�s Grande Arme; his books include the acclaimed Swords Around a Throne and the two-volume Napoleonic Uniforms. |
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