The Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon, 1792-1815 - 9780415239837

Taylor & Francis

The Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon, 1792-1815Author(s): Owen Connelly\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415239837, 978-0415239837\nSynopsis\nWritten by an experienced author and expert in the field, Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon, [tel] provides a thorough re-examination of the crucial period in the history of France for students of history and military studies.\n\nBased 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.\n\nExamining 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:\n\n* the?