THE ART OF WAR OF REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE, 1789–1802
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armies were able to achieve decisive success over the armies of Austria, Prussia, Britain and Spain. Paddy Griffith vividly captures the verve and excitement of these campaigns crucial to the history of Europe and clearly demonstrates that French armies were the most powerful in the world, even before they evolved into Napoleon’s legendary military machine. Covering the diverse and rich period between the Fall of the Bastille and the Peace of Amiens, this authoritative work throws new light on the character of the French armies, the merits of their generals and the performance of both during the numerous and hard-fought battles of the period. With chapters on army organisation, operations in the various theatres of war, the navy, the Representatives on Mission, the Government’s relationship with the armies, the armies in battle and the important personalities of the period – such as Dumouriez, St Just, Jourdan, Hoche and Carnot – this book is a superb and wide-ranging insight into a key turning point in the history of warfare. KEY POINTS: • Comprehensive study of a crucial period in warfare • Detailed analysis of battlefield tactics • New light on the generals of revolutionary France REVIEWS: "Dr Griffith writes with admirable clarity and with flashes of ironic humour. He also combines a formidable accuracy of detail with some new and penetrating insights into our present day view of an historical cataclysm ... Dr Griffith identifies a number of facts and trends that force us to re-examine many of our received views of the period ... The whole book is splendidly illustrated with a series of excellent tables ... this is an excellent book and is an important addition to the bookshelf of any student of the period or the general reader ... every student of Napoleon should read this book; it contains some important, and uncomfortable, revelations to the myth of the Great Man." - Colonel John Hughes-Wilson in the Royal United Services Institute Journal. "This book is remarkable by the way it argues about every aspect of the era." - Journal of the Royal Artillery For more reviews of this title, click here AUTHOR NOTES: Paddy Griffith was a senior lecturer in War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst for sixteen years, and is the author of numerous books and articles on the history of warfare including Battle Tactics of the Western Front, 1916–18 and The Viking Art of War. |
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