Napoleon on war [electronic resource] / edited by Bruno Colson ; translated by Gregory Elliott
- Author
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Uniform Title
- Works. Selections. English. 2015
- Additional Titles
- On war
- Published
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Physical Description
- viii, 484 pages ; 24 cm
- Additional Creators
- Colson, Bruno, Bertrand, Henri-Gratien, comte, 1773-1844, and Elliott, Gregory
Access Online
- Restrictions on Access
- License restrictions may limit access.
- Contents
- book 1. The nature of war -- book 2. The theory of war -- book 3. On strategy in general -- book 4. The engagement -- book 5. Military forces -- book 6. Defence -- book 7. Attack -- book 8. War plans.
- Summary
- A systematic attempt to put Napoleon's thinking on war and strategy into a single volume. Taken from correspondence, other writings, and especially the notebooks of General Bertrand, the Emperor's companion on St. Helena--published here for the first time--annotated and organized to follow the framework of Clausewitz's On war.
- Subject(s)
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821—Military leadership
- Clausewitz, Carl von, 1780-1831. Vom Kriege
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815)
- Vom Kriege (Clausewitz, Carl von)
- 1800-1899
- War
- Strategy
- Military art and science—France—History—19th century—Sources
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815—Campaigns—Sources
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9780199685561 (hbk.)
0199685568 (hbk.) - Note
- "Originally published as Napoléon: De la guerre, ©Perrin, 2011"--Title page verso.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-469) and index.
View MARC record | catkey: 27417806