ISBN10: 0025236601, ISBN13: 9780025236608, [publisher: Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company), Hemel Hempstead] Hardcover Hardcover. In this engrossing, (The New Yorker) vivid, and intensively researched volume, esteemed Napoleon scholar David Chandler outlines the military strategy that led the famous French emperor to his greatest victoriesand to his ultimate downfall.Napoleonic war was nothing if not complexan 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 disequilibrium which so often resulted in their catastrophic defeat. The Campaigns of Napoleon is a masterful analysis and insightful 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 put into practice. To clarify these underlying methods, as well as the style of Napoleon's fabulous intellect, Chandler examines in detail each campaign mounted and personally ...
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ISBN10: 0025236601, ISBN13: 9780025236608, [publisher: Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company), Hemel Hempstead] Hardcover Hardcover. In this engrossing, (The New Yorker) vivid, and intensively researched volume, esteemed Napoleon scholar David Chandler outlines the military strategy that led the famous French emperor to his greatest victoriesand to his ultimate downfall.Napoleonic war was nothing if not complexan 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 disequilibrium which so often resulted in their catastrophic defeat. The Campaigns of Napoleon is a masterful analysis and insightful 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 put into practice. To clarify these underlying methods, as well as the style of Napoleon's fabulous intellect, Chandler examines in detail each campaign mounted and personally ...
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Scribner, Date: 1973. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 1172 pages. 9.75x7.25x2.50 inches. 1973. Scribner ISBN 0025236601 9780025236608 [GB]

ISBN10: 0025236601, ISBN13: 9780025236608, [publisher: Scribner] Hardcover illustrated edition. 1172 pages. 9.75x7.25x2.50 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1973]

ISBN10: 0025236601, ISBN13: 9780025236608, [publisher: Macmillan, 1966.] Hardcover 12th ed. 1171p. Maps. Very Heavy. Jacket priced. Fine/Fine Copy.
[Washington, DC, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1966]
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Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company) 3/1/1973 12: 00: 00 AM Hardcover New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.

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ISBN10: 0025236601, ISBN13: 9780025236608, [publisher: Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education company)] Hardcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
[Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1973]

ISBN10: 0025236601, ISBN13: 9780025236608, [publisher: Scribner] Hardcover
[Columbia, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1973]
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