Napoleon and the Operational Art of War: Essays in Honor of Donald D. Horward

by Brill

Overview

In Napoleon and the Operational Art of War, the leading scholars of Napoleonic military history provide the most authoritative analysis of Napoleon’s battlefield success and ultimate failure. Napoleon’s development and mastery of the operational art of warfare is revealed as each chapter analyzes one Napoleonic war or major campaign of a war. To achieve this, the essays conform to the common themes of Napoleon’s planning, his command and control, his execution of plans, and the response of his adversaries. Napoleon's sea power and the British response to the French challenge at sea is also investigated. Overall, this volume reflects the finest scholarship and cutting-edge research to be found in Napoleonic Military History.
Contributors include Jonathan Abel, Robert M. Citino, Huw Davies, Mark T. Gerges; John H. Gill; Jordan Hayworth, Kenneth G. Johnson, Michael V. Leggiere, Kevin D. McCranie, Alexander Mikaberidze, Frederick C. Schneid, John Severn, Dennis Showalter, Geoffrey Wawro, and John F. Weinzierl.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789004270343
Publisher:	Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/18/2016
Series:	History of Warfare Series , #110
Pages:	556
Product dimensions:	0.63(w) x 0.94(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael V. Leggiere, Ph.D. (Florida State University, 1997), is Professor of History and Deputy Director of the Military History Center at the University of North Texas. He is an award-winning author of five monographs on the history of the Napoleonic Wars.

Table of Contents

Contents
Foreword vii
Geoffrey Wawro
List of Maps xi
List of Contributors xii xiv
Introduction 1
Michael V. Leggiere
1 The Prophet Guibert 8
Jonathan Abel
2 The French Way of War 40
Jordan R. Hayworth
3 The Campaign against Piedmont-Sardinia, April 1796 88
Frederick C. Schneid
4 The Second Italian Campaign 118
John F. Weinzierl
5 1805: Ulm and Austerlitz 145
Mark T. Gerges
6 The Jena Campaign: Apogee and Perihelion 173
Dennis Showalter
7 An Ulcer Inflamed: Napoleon’s Campaign in Spain, 1808 199
Huw J. Davies
8 1809: The Most Brilliant and Skillful Maneuvers 235
John H. Gill
9 The Limits of the Operational Art: Russia 1812 265
Alexander Mikaberidze
10 Prometheus Chained, 1813–1815 317
Michael V. Leggiere
11 Napoleon’s War at Sea 387
Kenneth G. Johnson
12 Britain’s Royal Navy and the Defeat of Napoleon 476
Kevin D. McCranie
Afterword 500
Robert M. Citino
Conclusion 519
John Severn
Index 527