About this title: "The Campaigns of Napoleon" is an exhaustive analysis and critique of Napoleon's art of war as he himself developed and perfected it in the major military campaigns of his career. Napoleon disavowed any suggestion that he worked from formula ("Je n'ai jamais eu un plan d'operations), but military historian David Chandler demonstrates this was at best only a half-truth. To be sure, every operation Napoleon conducted contained unique improvisatory features. But there were from the first to the last certain basic principles of strategic maneuver and battlefield planning that he almost invariably ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan, New York
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780025236608ISBN:0025236601
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Later Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover; thick octavo; maroon cloth; gilt titles; 1172 pp.; illustrated in b/w with many maps; slight rubbing to dustjacket; else a very nice, crisp and clean copy. Protected in a Brodart cover. Extra shipping may apply outside the US. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: MACMILLAN PUB CO
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780025236608ISBN:0025236601
Description: New. Napoleonic war was nothing if not complex--an ever-shifting kaleidoscope of moves and intentions, which by themselves went a long way towards baffling and dazing his conventionally-minded opponents into that state of disconcerting moral disequilibr... read more
Description: Good. 0025236601 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
"Outstanding review of Napoleon's campaigns. A must have if you are interested in the subject. It can be a bit difficult to wade through, but well worth it in the end."
"If you are only going to buy 1 book about Napoleonic Warfare, get this. It costs a small fortune, but it's a beautiful book complete with detailed maps and accountings of all of Napoleon's many battles. It may be more than you are looking for, but this is as complete as a single volume history can get. Recommended."
"This book is surprisingly a page turner. Written with an almost fictional quality. While a long book it is a thriller, while detailed it is not microdetailed. Microdetailed, is that even a word? Anyway, Napoleon's Campaigns are done sweet justice in this book, you will enjoy and learn why he was good and why he lost."
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