The Napoleonic wars: a global history

by Mikaberidze, Alexander

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Full title :The Napoleonic wars : a global history / Alexander Mikaberidze.

Summary

"In this ambitious and far-ranging work, Alexander Mikaberidze argues that the Napoleonic Wars can only be fully understood in an international perspective. France struggled for dominance not only on the plains of Europe but also in the Americas, West and South Africa, Ottoman Empire, Iran, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Mediterranean Sea, and the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Taking specific regions in turn, Mikaberidze discusses major political-military events around the world and situates geopolitical decision-making within its long- and short-term contexts. From the British expeditions to Argentina and South Africa to the Franco-Russian maneuvering in the Ottoman Empire, the effects of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars would shape international affairs well into the next century. In Egypt, the wars led to the rise of Mehmed Ali and the emergence of a powerful state; in North America, the period transformed and enlarged the newly established United States; and in South America, the Spanish colonial empire witnessed the start of national-liberation movements that ultimately ended imperial control."

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

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Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199394067, 0199394067
oclc:on1134991877
LC Classification:DC226.3
Dewey Decimal:940.2/7

Subjects

Electronic books Geopolitics Geopolitics -- History -- 19th century Géopolitique -- Histoire -- 19e siècle Guerres napoléoniennes, 1800-1815 -- In… Histoire militaire -- 19e siècle History Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Military history, Modern Military history, Modern -- 19th century Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Influence