Napoleon as a general / Jonathon Riley.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Riley, J. P. (Jonathon P.)
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Hambledon Continuum, 2007.
Subjects:
Napoleon > I, > Emperor of the French, > 1769-1821 > Military leadership.
Emperors > France > Biography.
Command of troops.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:vii, 227 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Generalship
  • Napoleon as strategist
  • Napoleon as coalition general
  • Campaigning - Napoleon and the operational art
  • Napoleon on the battlefield
  • Rear area security and counter-insurgency
  • Logistics, pillage and plunder
  • Case study I: Exporting revolution, 1793-7: Napoleon's first essay in generalship
  • Case study 2: The conquest of prussia 1806: Napoleon at the height of his powers
  • Case study 3: from Dresden to the battle of the nations, 1813: the beginning of the end
  • Conclusions.