Napoleon's Army - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0882542656 ISBN 13 : 9780882542652

Synopsis

Book by Rogers H C B

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Many books have been written about Napoleon and his campaigns, but very little about the soldiers of his armies and of the organization and conditions under which they lived and served. In this classic study, now reissued in paperback, H.C.B. Rogers examines Napoleon's army in terms of its staff systems, its arms and its supporting services as it existed and changed during the long period that separated the battles of Valmy and Waterloo. This is not another history of Napoleon's campaigns. Apart from the brief narrative of the opening chapter designed to serve as an aide-memoire, military operations are only cited to illustrate organization, tactics, equipment and administration. The author seeks to show how, as Lord Wavell put it, Napoleon inspired 'a ragged, mutinous, half-starved army and made it fight as it did'.

Revue de presse :

A worm s eye view of the command structure, organisation and supply of the Grande Armee which Napoleon used so brilliantly to lay all Europe at his feet. Military historian Colonel H.C.B. Rogers painstakingly analyses the organisation, tactics, equipment and organisation of the French soldiers who enjoyed an almost uninterrupted train of triumphs from the cannonade at Valmy to the gates of Moscow. The author seeks to show how the military genius of Napoleon, and the system he presided over turned, in Lord Wavell s words A ragged, mutinous, half-starved army and made it fight as it did . --Naval and Military Press

À propos de cette édition

• ISBN 10: 0882542656
• ISBN 13: 9780882542652
• Reliure: Broché