Napoleon Bonaparte's First Campaign
Author: Herbert Howland Sargent
Publisher:
Published: 1894
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13:
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Napoleon's 1796 Italian Campaign
Author: Carl von Clausewitz
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2018-09-25
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 070062676X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCarl von Clausewitz (1780–1831) is best known for his masterpiece of military theory On War, yet that work formed only the first three of ten volumes of his published writings. The others, historical analyses of the wars that roiled Europe from 1789 through 1815, informed and shaped Clausewitz’s military thought, so they offer invaluable insight into his dialectical, often difficult theoretical masterwork. Among these historical works, perhaps the most important is Napoleon’s 1796 Italian Campaign, which covers a crucial period in the French Revolutionary Wars. During this campaign the young, largely unknown Corsican, in his first command, led the French Army to triumph over the superior forces of the Austrian and Sardinian Armies. Moving from strategy to battle scene to analysis, this first English translation nimbly conveys the character of Clausewitz’s writing in all its registers: the brisk, often powerful description of events as they unfolded; the critical reflections on strategic theory and its implications; and, most bracing, the dissection and sharp judgment of the actions of the French and Austrian commanders. From the thrill of the Battle of Montenotte—the youthful Bonaparte’s first offensive—to the remorseless logic of Clausewitz’s assessments, Napoleon’s 1796 Italian Campaign will expand readers’ experience and understanding of not only this critical moment in European history but also the thought and writings of the modern master of military philosophy.
Napoleon in Italy
Author: Phillip R. Cuccia
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2014-05
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 080614534X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawing on underutilized military records in Austrian, French, and Italian archives, Cuccia delves into these important conflicts to integrate political and social issues with a campaign study. Unlike other military histories of the era, Napoleon in Italy brings to light the words of soldiers, leaders, and citizens who experienced the sieges firsthand.
Napoleon and the Operational Art of War
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Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2020-11-23
Total Pages: 635
ISBN-13: 9004438408
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Napoleon and the Operational Art of War, the leading scholars of Napoleonic military history provide the most authoritative analysis of Napoleon’s battlefield success and ultimate failure in a work that features the very best of campaign military history.
Blundering to Glory
Author: Owen Connelly
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780742553187
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRenowned for its accuracy, brevity, and readability, this book has long been the gold standard of concise histories of the Napoleonic Wars. Now in an updated and revised edition, it is unique in its portrayal of one of the world's great generals as a scrambler who never had a plan, strategic or tactical, that did not break down or change of necessity in the field. Distinguished historian Owen Connelly argues that Napoleon was the master of the broken play, so confident of his ability to improvise, cover his own mistakes, and capitalize on those of the enemy that he repeatedly plunged his armies into uncertain, seemingly desperate situations, only to emerge victorious as he "blundered" to glory. Beginning with a sketch of Napoleon's early life, the book progresses to his command of artillery at Toulon and the "whiff of grapeshot" in Paris that netted him control of the Army of Italy, where his incredible performance catapulted him to fame. The author vividly traces Napoleon's campaigns as a general of the French Revolution and emperor of the French, knowledgeably analyzing each battle's successes and failures. The author depicts Napoleon's "art of war" as a system of engaging the enemy, waiting for him to make a mistake, improvising a plan on the spot-and winning. Far from detracting from Bonaparte's reputation, his blunders rather made him a great general, a "natural" who depended on his intuition and ability to read battlefields and his enemy to win. Exploring this neglected aspect of Napoleon's battlefield genius, Connelly at the same time offers stirring and complete accounts of all the Napoleonic campaigns.
Napoleon
Author: Ted Gott
Publisher:
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780724103553
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis panoramic volume tells the story of French art, culture and life from the 1770s to the 1820s: the first French voyages of discovery to Australia, the stormy period of social change with the outbreak of the French Revolution, and the rise to power of the young Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife Josephine.
The Italian Campaigns of General Bonaparte, in 1796-7 and 1800
Author: George HOOPER (of Kensington.)
Publisher:
Published: 1859
Total Pages: 266
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Author: Martin Boycott-Brown
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 2002-03
Total Pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780304362097
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the spring of 1796 the 26-year old Napoleon took command of the Army of Italy - a collection of some 45,000 ill-fed, poorly clothed and disillusioned men. He had only ever participated in one campaign and had never been involved in a major battle. And yet within just two months he and his scarecrow army had knocked the Piedmontese out of the war, driven the Austrians half way across Italy, and laid siege to the fortress of Mantua, the capture of which was essential for the control of northern Italy. Over the course of the next ten months Napoleon led his men to victory after victory, making them virtual masters of Northern Italy, and marching them to within 95 miles of Vienna.In this brilliant new account, Martin Boycott-Brown follows the campaign from the first Austrian attack on Napoleon's troops right through to their final defeat and the signing of the treaty at Campo Formio.
The Italian Campaigns of General Bonaparte, in 1796-7 and 1800
Author: George Hooper
Publisher: London, Smith, Elder and Company
Published: 1859
Total Pages: 276
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Author: Patrice Gueniffey
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2015-04-13
Total Pages: 1037
ISBN-13: 0674426010
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPatrice Gueniffey is the leading French historian of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic age. This book, hailed as a masterwork on its publication in France, takes up the epic narrative at the heart of this turbulent period: the life of Napoleon himself, the man who—in Madame de Staël’s words—made the rest of “the human race anonymous.” Gueniffey follows Bonaparte from his obscure boyhood in Corsica, to his meteoric rise during the Italian and Egyptian campaigns of the Revolutionary wars, to his proclamation as Consul for Life in 1802. Bonaparte is the story of how Napoleon became Napoleon. A future volume will trace his career as emperor. Most books approach Napoleon from an angle—the Machiavellian politician, the military genius, the life without the times, the times without the life. Gueniffey paints a full, nuanced portrait. We meet both the romantic cadet and the young general burning with ambition—one minute helplessly intoxicated with Josephine, the next minute dominating men twice his age, and always at war with his own family. Gueniffey recreates the violent upheavals and global rivalries that set the stage for Napoleon’s battles and for his crucial role as state builder. His successes ushered in a new age whose legacy is felt around the world today. Averse as we are now to martial glory, Napoleon might seem to be a hero from a bygone time. But as Gueniffey says, his life still speaks to us, the ultimate incarnation of the distinctively modern dream to will our own destiny.
