Author : David Gates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015010697327
The Spanish Ulcer
David Gates
The Spanish Ulcer
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The Spanish Ulcer
David Gates
Author : David Gates
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002-07-31
Category : Peninsular War, 1807-1814
ISBN : 1843410087
The Spanish Ulcer by David Gates Pdf
By July 1807 Napoleon dominated most of Europe, the only gap in his continental system was the Iberian Peninsula. This text provides a history of the savage war which Napoleon considered insignificant, yet which ended in defeat for the French.
Napoleon's War in Spain
J. Tranié,Juan Carlos Carmigniani,Henry Lachouque
Author : J. Tranié,Juan Carlos Carmigniani,Henry Lachouque
Publisher : Arms & Armour Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015005333128
Napoleon's War in Spain by J. Tranié,Juan Carlos Carmigniani,Henry Lachouque Pdf
Wellington's History of the Peninsular War
Stuart Reid
Author : Stuart Reid
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526737649
Wellington's History of the Peninsular War by Stuart Reid Pdf
An historic account of the Peninsula War written by the man leading forces against the French, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. Though pressed many times to write about his battles and campaigns, the Duke of Wellington always replied that people should refer to his published dispatches. Yet Wellington did, in effect, write a history of the Peninsular War in the form of four lengthy memoranda, summarizing the conduct of the war in 1809, 1810, and 1811 respectively. These lengthy accounts demonstrate Wellington’s unmatched appreciation of the nature of the war in Spain and Portugal, and relate to the operations of the French and Spanish forces as well as the Anglo-Portuguese army under his command. Unlike personal diaries or journals written by individual soldiers, with their inevitably limited knowledge, Wellington was in an unparalleled position to provide a comprehensive overview of the war. Equally, the memoranda were written as the war unfolded, not tainted with the knowledge of hindsight, providing a unique contemporaneous commentary. Brought together by renowned historian Stuart Reid with reports and key dispatches from the other years of the campaign, the result is the story of the Peninsular War told through the writings of the man who knew and understood the conflict in Iberia better than any other. These memoranda and dispatches have never been published before in a single connected narrative. Therefore, Wellington’s History of the Peninsular War 1808-1814 offers a uniquely accessible perspective on the conflict in the own words of Britain’s greatest general.
Napoleon’s Cursed War
Ronald Fraser
Author : Ronald Fraser
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781839767883
Napoleon’s Cursed War by Ronald Fraser Pdf
A magisterial history of “Napoleon’s Vietnam”, by the highly acclaimed historian of Spain In this definitive account of the Peninsular War (1808–14), Napoleon’s six-year war against Spain, Ronald Fraser examines what led to the emperor’s devastating defeat against the popular opposition—the guerrillas—and their British and Portuguese allies. As well as relating the histories of the great political and military figures of the war, Fraser brings to life the anonymous masses—the artisans, peasants and women who fought, suffered and died—and restores their role in this barbaric war to its rightful place while overturning the view that this was a straightforward military campaign. This vivid, meticulously researched book offers a distinct and profound vision of “Napoleon’s Vietnam” and shows the reality of the disasters of war: the suffering, discontents and social upheaval that accompanied the fighting. With a new Introduction by Tariq Ali.
The Peninsular War, 1807-1814
Michael Glover
Author : Michael Glover
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Peninsular War, 1807-1814
ISBN : 0141390417
The Peninsular War, 1807-1814 by Michael Glover Pdf
This volume provides a fascinating insight into what it was like to march and fight, to eat and be wounded, to command and be commanded at the start of the 19th century. Stress is laid on the technological limitations of warfare at that time.
The Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815
David Gates
Author : David Gates
Publisher : Random House
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781446448762
The Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815 by David Gates Pdf
Known collectively as the 'Great War', for over a decade the Napoleonic Wars engulfed not only a whole continent but also the overseas possessions of the leading European states. A war of unprecedented scale and intensity, it was in many ways a product of change that acted as a catalyst for upheaval and reform across much of Europe, with aspects of its legacy lingering to this very day. There is a mass of literature on Napoleon and his times, yet there are only a handful of scholarly works that seek to cover the Napoleonic Wars in their entirety, and fewer still that place the conflict in any broader framework. This study redresses the balance. Drawing on recent findings and applying a 'total' history approach, it explores the causes and effects of the conflict, and places it in the context of the evolution of modern warfare. It reappraises the most significant and controversial military ventures, including the war at sea and Napoleon's campaigns of 1805-9. The study gives an insight into the factors that shaped the war, setting the struggle in its wider economic, cultural, political and intellectual dimensions.
The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes
Mark Urban
Author : Mark Urban
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780571266708
The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes by Mark Urban Pdf
In 1812 two mighty armies manoeuvred across the Spanish plains. They were finely balanced, under skilful leaders. Each struggled to gain an advantage. Wellington knew that if he defeated the French, he could turn the tide of the war. Good intelligence was paramount, but the French were using a code of unrivalled complexity - the 'Great Paris Cipher'. It was an unprecedented challenge, and Wellington looked to one man to break the code: Major George Scovell. Using a network of Spanish guerrillas, Scovell amassed a stack of coded French messages, and set to work decrypting them. As a man of low birth, Scovell - even with his genius for languages, and bravery on a dozen battlefields - struggled for advancement amongst Wellington's inner circle of wealthier, better connected officers. Mark Urban draws on a wealth of original sources, including many cyphers and code-tables, to restore Scovell to his rightful place in history as the man who was the brains behind the intelligence battle against Napoleon's army and a forerunner of the great code-breakers of the 20th Century.
Death to the French
C. S. Forester
Author : C. S. Forester
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547162520
Death to the French by C. S. Forester Pdf
"Death to the French" is an absorbing historical novel about the Peninsular War. It narrates the experiences of a British soldier, Rifleman Dodd, who gets separated from the army, joins the guerrillas and becomes their leader to avoid being caught by the French. The soldier and the story of his adventures is fictionalized, but the events are somewhat based on real historical events.
The Napoleonic Wars: A Very Short Introduction
Mike Rapport
Author : Mike Rapport
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191642517
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.
A History of the Peninsular War
Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman
Author : Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Peninsular War, 1807-1814
ISBN : UOM:39015036084849
A History of the Peninsular War by Sir Charles William Chadwick Oman Pdf
Spanish Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1)
René Chartrand
Author : René Chartrand
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1998-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1855327635
Spanish Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1) by René Chartrand Pdf
The Spanish Army was transformed during the 18th century by an influx of progressive officers who modernised and expanded it. It was closely modelled on the French armies of Louis XIV and Louis XV in tactical doctrine, organisation, armament and uniforms. In battle, they were often brave to the point of carelessness, and were thus sometimes difficult to control. The army also had several Swiss and Walloon regiments, less given to all-out attacks, but renowned for their steadiness under fire. In this first of three volumes, Réne Chartrand examines the organisation and uniforms of the Spanish Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815).
The Peninsular War
Charles Esdaile
Author : Charles Esdaile
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2003-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141927855
The Peninsular War by Charles Esdaile Pdf
For centuries Spain had been the most feared and predatory power in Europe - it had the largest empire and one of the world's great navies to defend it. Nothing could have prepared the Spanish for the devastating implosion of 1805-14. Trafalgar destroyed its navy and the country degenerated into a brutalized shambles with French and British armies marching across it at will. The result was a war which killed over a million Spaniards and ended its empire. This book is the first in a generation to come to terms with this spectacular and terrible conflict, immortalised by Goya and the arena in which Wellington and his redcoats carved out one of the greatest episodes in British military history.
Rod of Iron
Don W. Alexander
Author : Don W. Alexander
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015013017523
Rod of Iron by Don W. Alexander Pdf
Jernigan
David Gates
Author : David Gates
Publisher : Serpent's Tail
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781782831792
Jernigan by David Gates Pdf
Peter Jernigan's life is slipping out of control. His wife's gone, he's lost his job and he's a stranger to his teenage son. Worse, his only relief from all this reality - alcohol - is less effective by the day. And when the medicine doesn't work, you up the dose. And when that doesn't work, what then? (Apart from upping the dose again anyway, because who knows?) Jernigan's answer is to slowly turn his caustic wit on everyone around him - his wife Judith, his teenage son Danny, his vulnerable new girlfriend Martha and, eventually, himself - until the laughs have turned to mute horror. But while he's busy burning every bridge back to the people who love him, Jernigan's perverse charisma keeps us all in thrall to the bitter end. Shot through with gin and irony, Jernigan is a funny, scary, mesmerising portrait of a man walking off the edge with his eyes wide open - wisecracking all the way.