Blundering to Glory: Napoleon's Military CampaignsRowman & Littlefield, 2006 - 269 σελίδες Renowned for its accuracy, brevity, and readability, this book has long been the gold standard of concise histories of the Napoleonic Wars. Now in an updated and revised edition, it is unique in its portrayal of one of the world's great generals as a scrambler who never had a plan, strategic or tactical, that did not break down or change of necessity in the field. Distinguished historian Owen Connelly argues that Napoleon was the master of the broken play, so confident of his ability to improvise, cover his own mistakes, and capitalize on those of the enemy that he repeatedly plunged his armies into uncertain, seemingly desperate situations, only to emerge victorious as he "blundered" to glory. Beginning with a sketch of Napoleon's early life, the book progresses to his command of artillery at Toulon and the "whiff of grapeshot" in Paris that netted him control of the Army of Italy, where his incredible performance catapulted him to fame. The author vividly traces Napoleon's campaigns as a general of the French Revolution and emperor of the French, knowledgeably analyzing each battle's successes and failures. The author depicts Napoleon's "art of war" as a system of engaging the enemy, waiting for him to make a mistake, improvising a plan on the spot-and winning. Far from detracting from Bonaparte's reputation, his blunders rather made him a great general, a "natural" who depended on his intuition and ability to read battlefields and his enemy to win. Exploring this neglected aspect of Napoleon's battlefield genius, Connelly at the same time offers stirring and complete accounts of all the Napoleonic campaigns. |
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YOUNG BONAPARTE Character Education and Early Triumphs | 1 |
THE SCRAMBLER EMERGES The First Italian Campaign 17961797 | 19 |
FLIRTING WITH OBLIVION Egypt 17981799 | 47 |
OVER THE ALPS The Second Italian Campaign 1800 | 61 |
THE SCRAMBLER ON THE DANUBE The UlmAusterlitz Campaign 1805 | 75 |
OVERKILL IN THE EAST The JenaAuerstädtFriedland Campaign 18061807 | 91 |
THE AFFAIR OF SPAIN The Peninsular War 18081813 | 117 |
THE WAGRAM CAMPAIGN The Austrian War 1809 | 135 |
COMPROMISES WITH THE OLD ORDER European Empire 18091812 | 155 |
HEAT ICE SNOW AND DISASTER The Russian Campaign 1812 | 163 |
THE KILL From Lutzen to Elba 18131814 | 191 |
THE GLORIOUS IRRELEVANCE The Waterloo Campaign 1815 | 211 |
EPILOGUE | 231 |
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Adige Adige River Allies Alvinczy Archduke Charles Arcola Armée Army of Italy arrived artillery attack Auerstädt Augereau Austerlitz Austrian Austrian army battalions battle began Bennigsen Bernadotte Berthier Blücher Bonaparte Borodino bridges brigade British campaign casualties cavalry command corps Cossacks crossed czar d'Erlon Danube Davout defeated Desaix division east enemy Eugene Eylau fight flank forces fought France French army French emperor garrison gave Genoa Germany Grande Armée Grouchy guns horses Imperial Guard infantry Italian Jena Joseph June killed king Kutuzov Lake Garda Lannes Legnago Lobau Mack Madrid major Mantua Marengo Marmont Marshal Masséna Meanwhile miles military Moscow moved Murat Naples Napo Napoleon Napoleon ordered nobles November numbers October officers Oudinot Paris Poland Poniatowski Prince rear regiments reinforced retreat River Ronco route Russian army Schwarzenberg sent Smolensk Soult Spain Spanish took Toulon troops Verona victory Vienna Wagram Waterloo Wellington Wurmser