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Napoleon's Cursed War: Spanish Popular Resistance in the Peninsular War, 1808-14

Napoleon's Cursed War: Spanish Popular Resistance in the Peninsular War, 1808-14

Fraser, Ronald

Paperback

General Military HistoryNapoleonic WarsSpainish & Portuguese History

Publisher Price: $34.95

ISBN10: 183976788X
ISBN13: 9781839767883
Publisher: Verso
Published: Jan 10 2023
Pages: 656
Weight: 1.55
Height: 1.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
A magisterial history of Napoleon's Vietnam, by the highly acclaimed historian of Spain

In this definitive account of the Peninsular War (1808-14), Napoleon's six-year war against Spain, Ronald Fraser examines what led to the emperor's devastating defeat against the popular opposition--the guerrillas--and their British and Portuguese allies.

As well as relating the histories of the great political and military figures of the war, Fraser brings to life the anonymous masses--the artisans, peasants and women who fought, suffered and died--and restores their role in this barbaric war to its rightful place while overturning the view that this was a straightforward military campaign.

This vivid, meticulously researched book offers a distinct and profound vision of Napoleon's Vietnam and shows the reality of the disasters of war: the suffering, discontents and social upheaval that accompanied the fighting.

With a new Introduction by Tariq Ali.

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