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Napoleon Against Great Odds - The Emperor and the Defenders of France 1814

By: Praeger Publishers

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Praeger Publishers)

Last Stocked on 7/19/2021

Product Info

Title
Napoleon Against Great Odds - The Emperor and the Defenders of France 1814
Publisher
Category
Author
Ralph Ashby
Publish Year
2010
Pages
230
Dimensions
6.25x9.5x.75"
NKG Part #
2147892075
Type
Hardcover

Description

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.