Napoleon against great odds : the emperor and the defenders of France, 1814 / Ralph Ashby.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2010]تاريخ حقوق النشر: copyright 2010وصف:xiii, 230 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780313381904 (hbk)
- 0313381909 (hbk)
- DC236.75 A84 2010
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DC236.75 A84 2010 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010011301955 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DC236.75 A84 2010 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010011301957 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The 1814 campaign : introduction and controversy -- Prelude to invasion : from Moscow to Paris -- Napoleon creates a new army again -- Infantry -- Cavalry -- Artillery, engineers, and other troops -- Imperial Guard -- National Guard -- Napoleon's campaign of 1814 -- Civilians and partisans -- The battles of Fère-Champenoise -- The fall of Paris -- French casualties in 1814 : desertion, disease, and death -- Epilogue and conclusions.
French defeat in 1814 is too often shrugged off as the result of obvious and understandable factors. Napoleon Against Great Odds: The Emperor and the Defenders of France, 1814 challenges the widely accepted notion that war-weariness and internal political opposition to Napoleon were the decisive and direct causes of French defeat. At least as important, it argues, were material shortages, diplomatic missteps, and even faulty strategic planning on Napoleon's part. The book not only traces the narrative of Napoleon's 1814 Campaign in France, but explores the formation of the French army tasked with defending France against the Coalition invasion. Diplomatic, political, and social factors are taken into account and the issue of war-weariness is analyzed carefully and critically. Each branch and arm of the French forces is examined, as are military mobilization under difficult circumstances and partisan and guerilla warfare. Designed to encourage fresh debate about the 1814 campaign, the book offers thought-provoking reading for scholars and general readers alike.