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The Campaigns of Napoleon

Chandler, David G.

How did Napoleon win so many campaigns, and what brought him down?

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Author
Chandler, David G.

Why read it

  • You will see how plans on the map and tactics on the battlefield fit together in a winning campaign
  • You will understand how a commander's own training and the methods of his contemporaries shaped the way he fought
  • You will learn to question a story of total collapse by checking the numbers on both sides

Who it is for

  • Readers of military history who want campaigns explained
  • Leaders curious how a general builds and loses momentum
  • Anyone who has heard the legend but not the record

Contents

  1. THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON
  2. Maps Battle, Campaign and Tactical Diagrams
  3. Preface
  4. AUTHOR’S NOTE
  5. GENERAL INTRODUCTION NAPOLEON—THE MAN AND THE GENERAL: QUALITIES AND DEFECTS
  6. PART ONE
  7. Apprenticeship to Arms
  8. 1 PREPARATION
  9. 2 TOULON
  10. 3 BRIGADIER GENERAL OF ARTILLERY
  11. 4 THE “SWORD” OF PAUL BARRAS
  12. PART TWO
  13. In Search of a Reputation
  14. 5 COMMANDER IN CHIEF
  15. 6 THE DEFEAT OF PIEDMONT
  16. 7 THE BRIDGE OF LODI
  17. 8 THE ACHIEVEMENT IN PERIL—MANTUA
  18. 9 CALDIERO AND ARCOLA
  19. 10 RIVOLI
  20. 11 ADVANCE TO LEOBEN
  21. 12 THE MEASURE OF SUCCESS
  22. PART THREE
  23. Napoleon’s Art of War
  24. 13 DOCTRINAL INHERITANCE
  25. 14 THE INGREDIENTS OF NAPOLEONIC WAR
  26. 15 STRATEGIC CONCEPTS
  27. 16 GRAND TACTICS ON THE BATTLEFIELD
  28. 17 THE EMBRYONIC SYSTEM: CASTIGLIONE
  29. PART FOUR
  30. Oriental Interlude: The Six Acres of Land
  31. 18 ORIENTAL OPPORTUNITIES
  32. 19 MEDITERRANEAN CHASE
  33. 20 THE PYRAMIDS LOOK DOWN
  34. 21 EXPEDITION TO SYRIA
  35. 22 THE BALANCE SHEET OF FAILURE
  36. PART FIVE
  37. Toward the Summit: The Conspirator and Peacemaker
  38. 23 THE RIPENED FRUIT
  39. 24 FIRST CONSUL
  40. 25 PLANS OF CAMPAIGN
  41. 26 THE PASSAGE OF THE ALPS
  42. 27 MARENGO
  43. 28 PEACE RESTORED
  44. PART SIX
  45. The Works of Peace and the Road to War
  46. 29 RULER AND LAWGIVER
  47. 30 THE CAMP OF BOULOGNE
  48. 31 PROSPECTS OF WIDER WAR
  49. 32 LA GRANDE ARMÉE
  50. 33 IMPERIAL HEADQUARTERS
  51. PART SEVEN
  52. From the Rhine to the Danube
  53. 34 PLANS AND PREPARATIONS
  54. 35 STRATEGIC TRIUMPH—ULM
  55. 36 THE WARRIORS OF HOLY RUSSIA
  56. 37 THE BATTLE OF THE THREE EMPERORS—AUSTERLITZ
  57. 38 THE INGREDIENTS OF SUCCESS
  58. PART EIGHT
  59. Rossbach Avenged
  60. 39 HOHENZOLLERN HYPOCRITE

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