On the Napoleonic Wars by David Chandler

On the Napoleonic Wars by David Chandler

14 maps and diagrams and analysis of crucial moments in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from the collected essays of one of the leading military historians of the twentieth century.The diverse array of subjects covered include the British campaign in Egypt in 1801; the battle of Maida; Napoleon's decisive victories at Marengo and Austerlitz; the Peninsular War; the Russian Army at war in 1807 and 1812; and the retreat from Moscow. The collection spans the entrie career of Dr. Chandler and demonstrates the depth of his research.David Chandler MAS, D. Litt., French History, is the foremost authority on Napoleon and the author of such seminal works as The Campaigns of Napoleon and Napoleon's Marshals.

Chandler, David G.: - David G. Chandler is Head of the Department of War Studies at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and a Fellow of both the Royal Historical and the Royal Geographical societies. He is President of the British Commission for Military History and a Vice- President of the Commission International d'Histoire Militaire.

During his researches for The Campaigns of Napoleon, Mr. Chandler made considerable use of primary sources--including the thirty-two volumes of Correspondence de I'Empereur Napoleon Iier --and consulted many contemporary memoirs and military commentaries. (This he did with some caution, for such material is often far from reliable.) He also examined many of the most revealing and interesting studies that have been written by soldiers and scholars over the past 145 years, and he incorporated extracts from recently discovered sources in the hope of illuminating still further the well- trodden paths of Napoleonic studies.

The author of a dozen works on early eighteenth-and early nineteenth-century military history, David G. Chandler is a recognized authority in the Marlburian and Napoleonic periods. His other publications include A Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars, 1979, Waterloo--The Hundred Days, 1980, An Atlas of Military Strategy, 1980, and Napoleon's Marshals, (editor), 1987. He has also contributed a chapter to Volume VI of the New Cambridge Modern History as well as numerous articles and reviews to magazines and journals. Chandler lives in Yately, Hampshire, England.

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ISBN 10	1853671584
Title	On the Napoleonic Wars
Author	David Chandler
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Greenhill Pr
Year published	1994-01-27
Number of pages	270
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