Throughout history, few armies have left as great and enduring a legend as Napoleon's Grande Armee. In existence for only a decade, this powerful weapon - numbering at its peak over one million soldiers from France as well as from varied vassal and allied states - swiftly conquered vast territories across Europe and threatened to overrun more. This comprehensive volume examines the inner workings of a complex human machine. Skilfully drawing on a vast array of historical sources, Elting colourfully brings into focus the ...
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Throughout history, few armies have left as great and enduring a legend as Napoleon's Grande Armee. In existence for only a decade, this powerful weapon - numbering at its peak over one million soldiers from France as well as from varied vassal and allied states - swiftly conquered vast territories across Europe and threatened to overrun more. This comprehensive volume examines the inner workings of a complex human machine. Skilfully drawing on a vast array of historical sources, Elting colourfully brings into focus the life of the Grande Armee: its origins and development, command system, organization, combat arms and services, logistics, weapons, tactics, discipline and its ultimate collapse. Sharing the experiences of the men (and women) who served in, serviced, and supported this awesome military force, the reader meets the Emperor himself, his extraordinary officers, such as Berthier, Caulaincourt, Ney and others, as well as the ordinary Frenchmen and foreigners who, imbued with the Armee's unique fighting spirit, followed its eagles.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book First edition, first printing, hard cover. Navy blue clot with gilt lettering on the spine. Map end papers. xiv, 769 pages. Appendix A: Comparative Napoleonic and United States Military Grades. Appendix B: Glossary of Military Terms. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Very good with foxing to edges of text block, in a very good, mylar-covered dust jacket with light wear to edges at spine. NOT price-clipped. NOT ex-library. NOT a remainder.
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This volume is an absolute must for all those wishing to have an insight into how the Grande Armee and Napoleon worked its magic,or not in some cases !!
Cannot rate it highly enough shame it took 2 months to arrive !!!
