The French Wars 1792 1815

Author : Charles Esdaile
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134748129

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The French Wars 1792-1815 by Charles Esdaile Pdf

A highly original and critical introduction to the revolutionary and napoleonic conflicts. It illuminates the less well-known areas of the subject, such as the changing atttitude of the French people towards Napoleon, as well as providing a balanced account of the campaigns of Wellington and Napoleon. Based on current historiography, this book discusses the expansion of France, the extent to which Napoleon was responsible for this success, and the events leading up to his subsequent exile. It also provides a clear examination of each of the coalitions which fought against France.

Author : Owen Connelly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134552894

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The Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon, 1792-1815 by Owen Connelly Pdf

Written by an experienced author and expert in the field, Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon, 1792-1815 provides a thorough re-examination of the crucial period in the history of France for students of history and military studies. Based on extensive research, and including twenty detailed maps, this study is unique in its focus on the wars of both the French Revolution and Napoleon. Owen Connelly expertly analyzes them both to provide a broader context for warfare. Examining the causes of the wars, and how the practices of warfare during this period were to influence mode of combat throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Connelly also establishes trends discernable in the First and Second World Wars and examines key issues including: * the impact of the population explosion on armies and war * the legacy of the ancient regime impact on revolutionary armies * the impact of the Revolution on leadership, strategy, organization and weaponry * Was Napoleon’s leadership style unique, or could another have played his role? * contributions from the governments of the early Revolution, the Terror, the Directory and the Napoleonic regime * What did twenty-three successive years of war accomplish? * Was this era a turning point in the history of warfare?

Author : Mike Rapport
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191642517

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The Napoleonic Wars: A Very Short Introduction by Mike Rapport Pdf

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.

Author : Paddy Griffith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782002239

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French Napoleonic Infantry Tactics 1792–1815 by Paddy Griffith Pdf

Bonaparte's Grande Armée, one of the most renowned battle-winning machines in history, evolved from a merging of the professional army of the Ancien Régime and the volunteers and conscripts of the Revolutionary levée en masse – although the contribution of the former is often underestimated. A leading authority on the history of tactics draws here on original drill manuals and later writings to explain how the French infantry of 1792–1815 were organized for fire and movement on the battlefield. Illustrated with clear diagrams and relevant paintings and prints, and specially prepared colour plates, this text brings the tactical aspects of eight battles vividly to life.

Author : Michael Glover
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Europe
ISBN : 088254473X

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The Napoleonic Wars by Michael Glover Pdf

Author : Marie-Cécile Thoral
Publisher : Palgrave MacMillan
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : France
ISBN : 0230545335

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From Valmy to Waterloo by Marie-Cécile Thoral Pdf

The French declaration of war on Austria on 20 April 1792 committed the nation to more than twenty years of war. Faced with a coalition of European powers, the revolutionaries called upon the citizenry to form a truly national army. The result was an unprecedented tightening of the bond between war and nation. That the conflict would have consequences for the very foundations of French society was inevitable given its sheer scale, duration, and geographical extent (the whole of continental Europe and beyond in the campaigns in Saint-Domingue and Egypt); its far-reaching impact on civilian society and commerce; and its forcible involvement of hundreds of thousands of young Frenchmen. The theme of this book is the first-hand experience of French military and civilians during these conflicts, seen through their eyes and using their testimony, as well as an assessment of the place of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic conflicts in the evolution of the art of warfare, and the elements of modernity which made them the first example of 'total war'.

Author : M. Thoral
Publisher : Springer
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230294981

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From Valmy to Waterloo by M. Thoral Pdf

Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, this book investigates the everyday human experience of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars by French military and civilians, the impact of these wars on the French nation and society, and the rise of a new kind of war in the West at the turn of the nineteenth century.

Author : Charles J. Esdaile
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015074079594

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Napoleon's Wars by Charles J. Esdaile Pdf

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.

Author : Brian Taylor
Publisher : Spellmount, Limited Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Europe
ISBN : 1862272549

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The Empire of the French by Brian Taylor Pdf

An account of the battles and campaigns of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, following the battles of the French Republic and rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. By detailing each campaign front separately, the reader is able to study a chosen area of operations in isolation while also assessing its impact upon the wider campaign.

Author : Mark Lawrence
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000412086

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Experiences of War in Europe and the Americas, 1792–1815 by Mark Lawrence Pdf

This work seeks to offer a new way of viewing the French Wars of 1792–1815. Most studies of this period offer international, political, and military analyses using the French Revolution and Napoleon as the prime mover. But this book focuses on military and civilian responses to French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, throughout the rest of Europe and the Americas. It shows how the unprecedented mobilization of this era forged a generation of soldiers and civilians sharing a common experience of suffering, bequeathing the West with a new veteran sensibility. Using a range of sources, especially memoirs, this book reveals the adventure and suffering confronting ordinary soldiers campaigning in Europe and the Americas, and the burdens imposed on civilians enduring rising and falling empires across the West. It also reveals how the wars liberated slaves, serfs, and common people through revolutions and insurgencies.

Author : Edward Baines
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1817
Category : Europe
ISBN : WISC:89095859872

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History of the Wars of the French Revolution by Edward Baines Pdf

Author : Mark Lawrence
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 1003142354

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Experiences of War in Europe and the Americas, 1792-1815 by Mark Lawrence Pdf

This work seeks to offer a new way of viewing the French Wars of 1792-1815. Most studies of this period offer international, political, and military analyses using the French Revolution and Napoleon as the prime mover. But this book focuses on military and civilian responses to French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, throughout the rest of Europe and the Americas. It shows how the unprecedented mobilization of this era forged a generation of soldiers and civilians sharing a common experience of suffering, bequeathing the West with a new veteran sensibility. Using a range of sources, especially memoirs, this book reveals the adventure and suffering confronting ordinary soldiers campaigning in Europe and the Americas, and the burdens imposed on civilians enduring rising and falling empires across the West. It also reveals how the wars liberated slaves, serfs, and common people through revolutions and insurgencies.

Author : Edward Baines
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1818
Category : Europe
ISBN : CUB:U183038474924

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History of the Wars of the French Revolution, from the Breaking Out of the War in 1792, to the Restoration of a General Peace in 1815 by Edward Baines Pdf

Author : Charles Downer Hazen
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-27
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547791669

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The History of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars (1789-1815) by Charles Downer Hazen Pdf

The modern era has unfolded in the shadow of the French Revolution. Almost all future revolutionary movements looked back to the Revolution as their predecessor. Its central phrases and cultural symbols, such as La Marseillaise and Liberté, fraternité, égalité, ou la mort, became the clarion call for other major upheavals in modern history, including the Russian Revolution over a century later._x000D_ The values and institutions of the Revolution dominate French politics to this day. The Revolution resulted in the suppression of the feudal system, emancipation of the individual, a greater division of landed property, abolition of the privileges of noble birth, and nominal establishment of equality among men. The French Revolution differed from other revolutions in being not only national, for it intended to benefit all humanity._x000D_ Contents:_x000D_ Old Regime in Europe_x000D_ The Old Regime in France_x000D_ Beginnings of the Revolution_x000D_ The Making of the Constitution_x000D_ The Legislative Assembly_x000D_ The Convention_x000D_ The Directory_x000D_ The Consulate_x000D_ The Early Years of the Empire_x000D_ The Empire at Its Height_x000D_ The Decline and Fall of Napoleon_x000D_

Author : Paul Fregosi
Publisher : Random House (UK)
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015019153447

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Dreams of Empire by Paul Fregosi Pdf