THE WARS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON, 17921815
In this essential addition to French military history, Owen Connelly examines both the wars of the French Revolution between 1792 and 1799, and those of Napoleon between 1800 and 1815. Arguing that the importance and drama of the Revolutionary Wars have been neglected, and that the unceasing cut-throat politics that continued into the Napoleonic era has been overlooked, this analysis examines the two eras together to provide a broader context for warfare. Connelly demonstrates how the wars of the Revolution shaped Napoleon as a military leader and how the practices of warfare developed and deployed during this period were to influence modes of combat throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, establishing trends discernible in the First and Second World Wars.
Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon, 17921815 examines the causes of the wars of the Revolution and Napoleon and examines key questions, including: what was the impact of the population explosion of the eighteenth century on armies and war? How did the legacy of the ancien rgime impact upon revolutionary armies? What was the impact of the Revolution on leadership, strategy, organization and weaponry of the armies? Was Napoleons leadership style unique or could other generals have played his role as well? What contributions were made by governments of the early Revolution, the Terror, the Directory and the Napoleonic regime? What did twenty-three years of successive wars accomplish? Was the era of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars a turning point in the history of warfare and the conduct of combat?
Based on extensive research and including twenty maps, this fascinating study provides a thorough re-examination of this crucial period in the history of France.
Owen Connelly is McKissick Dial Professor of History at the University of South Carolina, as well as being a Director of the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe. He is the author of ten books, including Napoleons Satellite Kingdoms (third edition, 1990), The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era (third edition, 1999), Blundering on to Glory: Napoleons Military Campaigns (second edition, 1999) and On War and Leadership: The Words of Combat Commanders from Frederick the Great to Norman Schwarzkopf (2002).
WARFARE AND HISTORY
General Editor, Jeremy Black
Professor of History, University of Exeter
AIR POWER IN THE AGE OF TOTAL WAR John Buckley
THE ARMIES OF THE CALIPHS: MILITARY AND SOCIETY IN THE EARLY ISLAMIC STATE Hugh Kennedy
THE BALKAN WARS, 19121913: PRELUDE TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR Richard C Hall
ENGLISH WARFARE, 15111642 Mark Charles Fissel
EUROPEAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN WARFARE, 16751815 Armstrong Starkey
EUROPEAN WARFARE, 14941660 Jeremy Black
EUROPEAN WARFARE, 16601815 Jeremy Black
THE FIRST PUNIC WAR J E Lazenby
FRONTIERSMEN: WARFARE IN AFRICA SINCE 1950 Anthony Clayton
GERMAN ARMIES: WAR AND GERMAN POLITICS, 16481806 Peter H. Wilson
THE GREAT WAR 19141918 Spencer C Tucker
THE IRISH AND BRITISH WARS, 16371654. TRIUMPH, TPJVGEDY, AND FAILURE James Scott Wheeler
ISRAELS WARS, 19471993 Ahron Bregman
THE KOREAN WAR: NO VICTORS, NO VANQUISHED Stanley Sandler
MEDIEVAL CHINESE WARFARE, 300900 David A. Graff
MEDIEVAL NAVAL WARFARE, 10001500 Susan Rose
MODERN CHINESE WARFARE, 17951989 Bruce A. Elleman
MODERN INSURGENCIES AND COUNTER-INSURGENCIES: GUERRILLAS AND THEIR OPPONENTS SINCE 1750 Ian E W. Beckett
MUGHAL WARFARE: IMPERIAL FRONTIERS AND HIGHROADS TO EMPIRE 15001700 Jos Gommans
NAVAL WARFARE, 18151914 Lawrence Sondhaus
OTTOMAN WARFARE, 15001700 Rhoads Murphey
THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR: A MILITARY STUDY J E Lazenby
SAMURAI, WARFARE AND THE STATE IN EARLY MEDIEVAL JAPAN Karl E Friday
SEAPOWER AND NAVAL WARFARE, 16501830 Richard Harding
THE SOVIET MILITARY EXPERIENCE Roger R. Reese
VIETNAM Spencer C. Tucker
THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN SOCIETY Harry M. Ward
WAR AND THE STATE IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE: SPAIN, THE DUTCH REPUBLIC AND SWEDEN AS FISCAL-MILITARY STATES, 15001660 Jan Glete
WARFARE AND SOCIETY IN EUROPE, 17921914 Geoffrey Wawro
WARFARE AND SOCIETY IN EUROPE, 1898 TO THE PRESENT Michael S. Nieberg
WARFARE AT SEA, 15001650 Jan Glete
WARFARE IN ATLANTIC AFRICA, 15001800: MARITIME CONFLICTS AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF EUROPE John K. Thornton
WARFARE, STATE AND SOCIETY IN THE BYZANTINE WORLD, 5651204 JohnHaldon
WAR IN THE EARLY MODERN WORLD, 14501815 edited by Jeremy Black
WARS OF IMPERIAL CONQUEST IN AFRICA, 18301914 Bruce Vandervort
WESTERN WARFARE IN THE AGE OF THE CRUSADES, 10001300 John France
WAR AND SOCIETY IN IMPERIAL ROME, 31 BCAD 284 Brian Campbell
WARFARE AND SOCIETY IN THE BARBARIAN WEST, 450900 Guy Halsall
WAR IN THE MODERN WORLD SINCE 1815 edited by Jeremy Black
WORLD WAR TWO: A MILITARY HISTORY Jeremy Black
WAR, POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN EARLY MODERN CHINA, 9001795 Peter Lorge
WARFARE IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST, TO c. 1600 BC William J. Hamblin
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The wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon, 17921815 /
Owen Connelly.
p. cm. (Warfare and history)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. First Coalition, War of the, 17921979. 2. Second Coalition, War of the,
17981801. 3. France-History-Revolution, 17891799. 4. Napoleonic Wars,
18001815. 5. France-History, Military-17891815. 6. Europe-History,
Military-17891815. I. Title. II. Series.
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