Author: John Bach McMasterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
1803-1812
Author: John Bach McMasterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
The Napoleonic Wars: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Mike RapportPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191642517
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The Napoleonic Wars have an important place in the history of Europe, leaving their mark on European and world societies in a variety of ways. In many European countries they provided the stimulus for radical social and political change - particularly in Spain, Germany, and Italy - and are frequently viewed in these places as the starting point of their modern histories. In this Very Short Introduction, Mike Rapport provides a brief outline of the wars, introducing the tactics, strategies, and weaponry of the time. Presented in three parts, he considers the origins and course of the wars, the ways and means in which it was fought, and the social and political legacy it has left to the world today. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
France 1803-1812
Author: Journals and Letters
Author: Frances BurneyNapoleonic Wars
Author: Captivating HistoryPublisher:
ISBN: 9781647482640
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The Napoleonic Wars, which took place between 1803 and 1815, were spearheaded by probably France's best tactician and military strategist to date, General Napoleon Bonaparte.
Napoleon's Wars
Author: Charles J. EsdailePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
No other soldier has provoked as much argument as Napoleon Bonaparte. Was Napoleon a monster, driven on by an endless, ruinous quest for military glory - or was he a social and political visionary brought down by the petty, reactionary kings and emperors, clinging to their privileges? Napoleon's Wars is a book which has no doubt about Napoleon's insatiable greed for military glory, but it is interested in far more than that. Charles Esdaile is profoundly interested in a pan-European context- what was it that made the countries of Europe fight each other, for so long and with such devastating results. The battles themselves he sees as almost side-effects; the consequence of rulers being willing to take the immense risks of fighting or supporting Napoleon - risks which resulted in the extinction of entire countries. This is history on the grandest and most ambitious scale- a superb reassessment of a tumultuous era.
France 1803 - 1812
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780198125167
Category : Electronic book
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
Annotation A scholarly edition of journals and letters by Fanny Burney. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.
The Causes of the War of 1812
Author: Reginald HorsmanPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512802670
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The origins of the War of 1812 have long been a source of confusion for historians, owing to the lack of attention that has been paid to England's part in precipitating the conflict and to the overemphasis placed on "western expansionist" factors. This volume offers the first analysis of the causes of the war from both the British and American points of view, showing clearly that, contrary to the popular misconception, the war's basic causes are to. be found not in America but in Europe. For unless one accepts the view that America committed an act of pure aggression in 1812, one must turn to the motives underlying British policy to determine why America felt it had to fight. In the years immediately preceding the war (1803-1812), England was dominated by a faction that pledged itself not only to defeat Napoleon but also to maintain British commercial supremacy. The two main points of contention between England and America during this period—impressment and the restrictions imposed by the Orders in Council—were direct results of these commitments. America finally had no alternative but to oppose with force British maritime policy, which, although partly caused by jealousy of American commercial growth, stemmed in large measure from involvement in total war with France. In addition to tracing the gradual drift to war in America, Reginald Horsman shows that the Indian problem and American expansionist designs against Canada played small part in bringing about the struggle. He examines the efforts made by America to avoid conflict through means of economic coercion, efforts whose failure confronted the nation with two choices: war or submission to England. Since the latter alternative presented more terrors to the recent colonists, America went to war.
France and the Near East, 1803-1812
Author: Arthur Jay BassinNeither Peace Nor War
Author: Clifford L. EganPublisher: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press
ISBN: 9780807110768
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description