ISBN10: 0304352675, ISBN13: 9780304352678, [publisher: Cassell & Co.] Hardcover Cassell & Co. Historical Books (Cassell) Napoleonic Wars, The (EX/NM)Manufacturer: Cassell & Co.Product Line: Historical Books (Cassell)Type: HardcoverCopyright Date: 1999Author: Gunther RothenbergPage Count: 224Please review the condition and any condition notes for the exact condition of this item. All pictures are stock photos. The condition of the item you will receive is EX/NM. Our grading system is explained in the terms of sale section of our bookseller page. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Product Description:A complete history of the Napoleonic Wars, from their origins in the French Revolution, through Napoleon's fantastic victories at Austerlitz and Tulsit, to his defeats in the Iberian Peninsular, Russia, and finally at Waterloo. Napoleon, inheritor of the armies of the French Revolution, transformed inter-state warfare into a pan-continental system of conquest on a scale not seen since Alexander the Great and the Romans. The French Revolution had shown how a country's whole population and resources could be mobilized in the service of an ideal, and Napoleon extended this to embrace Europe itself. His model of a military superpower, though eventually defeated, set a pattern which was to be revived by totalitarian states, and their opponents, in the 20th century.
[Fitchburg, WI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1999]