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Swords Around a Throne: Napoleon's Grande Armée

Swords Around a Throne: Napoleon's Grande Armée

Elting, John R.

Paperback

French HistoryGeneral World HistoryNapoleonic Wars

ISBN10: 0306807572
ISBN13: 9780306807572
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: Mar 1 1997
Pages: 784
Weight: 2.35
Height: 1.72 Width: 5.96 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

This authoritative, comprehensive, and enthralling book describes and analyzes Napoleon's most powerful weapon--the Grande Armée which at its peak numbered over a million soldiers. Elting examines every facet of this incredibly complex human machine: its organization, command system, logistics, weapons, tactics, discipline, recreation, mobile hospitals, camp followers, and more. From the army's formation out of the turmoil of Revolutionary France through its swift conquests of vast territories across Europe to its legendary death at Waterloo, this book uses excerpts from soldiers' letters, eyewitness accounts, and numerous firsthand details to place the reader in the boots of Napoleon's conscripts and generals. In Elting's masterful hands the experience is truly unforgettable.

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