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Overview
This fascinating study takes the reader from the early years of Napoleon’s career to his defeat at Waterloo. It is a penetrating look at the technology, tactics, logistics, strategy, and outstanding generalship that created an empire.Synopsis
Part of a sixteen-volume series developed and written by the faculty of the United States Military Academy at West Point, The Wars of Napolean takes you from the early years of Napoleon Bonaparte's military career to the Emperor's historic defeat at Waterloo. The text offers brilliant analyses of Napoleon's military strengths and weaknesses. It also provides a penetrating observation of the technology, tactics, logistics, strategy, and outstanding generalship that created an empire stretching from the Atlantic coast to the Russian Steppes, from the North Sea to the Mediterranean. Finally, it offers a clear understanding of the Bonaparte's military and political mistakes that led to his eventual downfall.
Complementing this text is a beautiful large-format full-color campaign atlas. These original maps not only highlight Napoleon's key military battles, but also provide dates, unit numbers, troop deployments, and movements of opposing forces, as well as critical geographical information. This atlas is designed to be used with the accompanying text or alone.
About the Author:
General Thomas E. Griess (USA Ret.) began his military career in 1943, serving in the Pacific during World War II, and saw further action in the Korean War. He received his master's degree in civil engineering from the University of Illinois, and his PhD in history from Duke University. General Griess joined the faculty of the U.S.M.A. at West Point in 1956, and from 1969 to his retirement in 1981, served as the first head of the Department of History.