Summary
An authoritative and comprehensive history of a perennially interesting subject.
Known collectively as the ‘Great War’, for over a decade the Napoleonic Wars engulfed not only a whole continent but also the overseas possessions of the leading European states. A war of unprecedented scale and intensity, it was in many ways a product of change that acted as a catalyst for upheaval and reform across much of Europe, with aspects of its legacy lingering to this very day.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780712607193 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0712607196 |
| Author: | Dr David Gates |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Imprint: | Pimlico |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2003 |
| Weight: | 415g |
| Dimensions: | 233mm x 153mm x 26mm |
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This is a compact, stimulating, and at times surprisingly polemical account
This is a compact, stimulating, and at times surprisingly polemical account * The International History Review *
Napoleon helped shape modern French politics, as much as he determined the nature of modern warfare… Dr Gates’s book is a sure guide to the wars whose effects were felt well into the twentieth century – Hew Strachan, Chichele Professor of the History of War, Oxford University
About The Author
Dr David Gates
David Gates was Deputy Director and Senior Fellow of the Centre for Defence and International Security Studies. He is the author of The Spanish Ulcer, and lives in Lancashire.
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