Napoleon on war

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A systematic attempt to put Napoleon's thinking on war and strategy into a single volume. Taken from correspondence, other writings, and especially the notebooks of General Bertrand, the Emperor's companion on St. Helena--published here for the first time--annotated and organized to follow the framework of Clausewitz's On war.

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Title Statements

Full title :Napoleon on war / edited by Bruno Colson ; translated by Gregory Elliott.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford, United Kingdom
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

Notes

"Originally published as Napoléon: De la guerre, ©Perrin, 2011"--Title page verso.

The Physical Object

Description:viii, 484 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199685561, 0199685568
oclc:ocn910177723
LC Classification:DC214
Dewey Decimal:355.4

Book 1. The nature of war -- book 2. The theory of war -- book 3. On strategy in general -- book 4. The engagement -- book 5. Military forces -- book 6. Defence -- book 7. Attack -- book 8. War plans.

Subjects

armed conflicts Art et science militaires -- Sources. -… Clausewitz., Carl von Command of troops France Guerre Guerres napoléoniennes, 1800-1815 -- So… Heads of State and Heads of government History Military art and science Military art and science -- Sources. --… Military campaigns Military history Napoleon, I,, Emperor of the French Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Sources. … Sources Strategie Strategy THEORY Vom Kriege (Clausewitz, Carl von)