1st Edition

The Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon, 1792-1815

By Owen Connelly Copyright 2006
284 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 20 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Written by an experienced author and expert in the field, Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon, 1792-1815 provides a thorough re-examination of the crucial period in the history of France for students of history and military studies. Based on extensive research, and including twenty detailed maps, this study is unique in its focus on the wars of both the French Revolution and Napoleon.... Read more

1. The French Military and Its Enemies/ The Revolution Begins  2. The Revolution And War: First campaigns, 1789-1793  3. The Terror: Politics and army reform, 1793-1794  4. The Terror and War, July 1793-July 1794  5. The Government of Thermidor and Establishment of the Directory, July 1794-October 1795  6. War in Italy and Germany, 1796-1797  7. Egypt and the Coup D'état de Brumaire, 1798-1799  8. Marengo and the Grande Armée (1800-1805)  9. Subduing the European Powers: Austerlitz-jena-auerstädt- Friedland, 1805-1807  10. "That Miserable Spanish Affair": The peninsular war, 1808-1813  11. The Wagram Campaign, 1809  12. The Russian Campaign, 1812  13. Campaigns of Germany and France, 1813-1814  14. The Hundred Days and Waterloo, 1815  15. Conclusions

Biography

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 Napoleon’s Satellite Kingdoms (third edition, 1990), The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era (third edition, 1999), Blundering on to Glory: Napoleon’s Military Campaigns (second edition, 1999) and On War and Leadership: The Words of Combat Commanders from Frederick the Great to Norman Schwarzkopf (2002).