"... a most illuminating and readable general survey.... This book is well organized, well produced, and well written. It belongs among the ten most useful books on this period to the historian and... to the general reader." --American Historical Review "This splendid volume fills a gap in the vast outpouring of literature on the military aspects of the era of the French Revolution and Napoleon by combining a description of the major changes and trends of warfare with a comparative discussion of the French military establishment and the armies of its major opponents.... As another contribution to 'synthetic' history, it is a very successful exercise." --Military Affairs "... a splendid little study which will be of considerable interest both to the general student and specialist.... it] fills a definite need for a survey of the military developments of the period and one can learn a great deal from a close reading of it." --History "A clear, lively, and well-produced survey that relies upon the best scholarship of several languages.... " --Library Journal In a comprehensive study of a crucial era in warfare--from the last decades of the ancient r gime to Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo--Rothenberg describes the organization, training methods, equipment, tactics, and strategy of France and its adversaries. He also explores staff systems, logistics, fortifications, medical services, and insurgency and counterinsurgency.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Indiana University Press
ISBN-10
0253202604
ISBN-13
9780253202604
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96987
Product Key Features
Author
Gunther E. Rothenberg
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Europe / France, Military / General, Europe / General
Publication Year
1981
Type
Textbook
Genre
History
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Publication Name
Art of Warfare in the Age of Napoleon
Table of Content
Illustrations Line Drawings Acknowledgments Preface 1 Armies and Warfare during the Last Years of the Ancien Regime 2 The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: from Valmy to Waterloo 3 The Soldier's Trade 4 The French Revolutionary Armies and their New Art of War 5 Napoleon's Armies 6 Opponents of the French 7 Staff Problems, Fortifications and Medical Services 8 Epilogue Appendix I: Seclected battles 1792-1815 Appendix II: Selected sieges, assults, blockades 1792-1815 Select Bibliograph Index