Forging Napoleon's Grande Armée

2012-05-07 History

Author : Michael J Hughes
Release : 2012-05-07
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 116/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Forging Napoleon's Grande Armée by : Michael J Hughes

Download or read book Forging Napoleon's Grande Armée written by Michael J Hughes. This book was released on 2012-05-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fascinating study exploring the motivation of French soldiers during the Napoleonic Era, and the process through which they became Napoleon’s men.”—Frederick C. Schneid, author of Napoleon’s Conquest of Europe The men who fought in Napoleon’s Grande Armée built a new empire that changed the world. Remarkably, the same men raised arms during the French Revolution for liberté, égalité, and fraternité. In just over a decade, these freedom fighters, who had once struggled to overthrow tyrants, rallied to the side of a man who wanted to dominate Europe. What was behind this drastic change of heart? In this ground-breaking study, Michael J. Hughes shows how Napoleonic military culture shaped the motivation of Napoleon’s soldiers. Relying on extensive archival research and blending cultural and military history, Hughes demonstrates that the Napoleonic regime incorporated elements from both the Old Regime and French Revolutionary military culture to craft a new military culture, characterized by loyalty to both Napoleon and the preservation of French hegemony in Europe. Underscoring this new, hybrid military culture were five sources of motivation: honor, patriotism, a martial and virile masculinity, devotion to Napoleon, and coercion. Forging Napoleon’s Grande Armée vividly illustrates how this many-pronged culture gave Napoleon’s soldiers reasons to fight. “Hughes offers a tight and well-grounded exposition and analysis of French military culture in the Napoleonic period in which military honour is presented as a dynamic element.” —Journal of European Studies “Hughes’s book not only contributes to our understanding of the military success of Napoleon’s army, but also elegantly employs cultural history methods to better understand army operations and sustained troop motivations.” —Julia Osman, History: Reviews of New Book

Swords Around A Throne

2009-06-16 History

Author : John R. Elting
Release : 2009-06-16
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 311/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Swords Around A Throne written by John R. Elting. This book was released on 2009-06-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative, comprehensive, and enthralling book describes and analyzes Napoleon's most powerful weapon -- the Grande Armee which at its peak numbered over a million soldiers. Elting examines every facet of this incredibly complex human machine: its organization, command system, logistics, weapons, tactics, discipline, recreation, mobile hospitals, camp followers, and more. From the army's formation out of the turmoil of Revolutionary France through its swift conquests of vast territories across Europe to its legendary death at Waterloo, this book uses excerpts from soldiers' letters, eyewitness accounts, and numerous firsthand details to place the reader in the boots of Napoleon's conscripts and generals. In Elting's masterful hands the experience is truly unforgettable.

Napoleon's Grande Armée of 1813

1990 France

Author : Scott Bowden
Release : 1990
Genre : France
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Book Rating : 516/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Napoleon's Grande Armée of 1813 written by Scott Bowden. This book was released on 1990. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armies of the Napoleonic Wars Research Series is a factual in-depth study of the armies, battles, and leaders of the Age of Napoleon. "The principal purpose of the volume is to bring together the most information practical on the raising and formation of Napoleon's war machine, its level of training, combat effectiveness and the opinions of strengths and weaknesses made by the people closest to the army - the officers and ministers themselves." This volume includes extensive, detailed parade states of the army throughout 1813 and is purposely written in a succinct manner which relates to the subject matter. A detailed history of Napoleon's Grand Armee of 1813, this volume is an absolute must for any Napoleonic enthusiast, historian or wargamer; a gold mine of information, insights, and the key for understanding the crucial campaign of 1813.

Guibert

2016-09-13 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Jonathan Abel
Release : 2016-09-13
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 910/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Guibert written by Jonathan Abel. This book was released on 2016-09-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If there was one man, other than Napoleon himself, who determined the course of the Napoleonic Wars, it was Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte, comte de Guibert, the foremost military theorist in France from 1770 to his death in 1790. Taking in the full scope of the times, from the ideas of the Enlightenment to the passions of the French Revolution, Jonathan Abel’s Guibert is the first book in English to tell the remarkable story of the man who, through his pen and political activity, truly earned the title of Father of the Grande Armée. In his Essai général de tactique, published in 1771, Guibert set forth the definitive institutional doctrine for the French army of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. But unlike many other martial theorists, Guibert, who served in the French Ministry of War from 1775 to 1777 and again from 1787 to 1789, was able to put his ideas into practice. Drawing on a wealth of primary source documents—including Guibert’s own papers and the letters and memoirs of his friends and associates—Jonathan Abel re-creates the temper of an era of great turbulence and remarkable creativity. More than a military theorist, Guibert was very much a man of his day; he attended salons, wrote poetry and plays, and was inducted into the Académie française. A fiery figure, he rose and fell from power, lived and loved fiercely, and died swearing that he would “find justice.” In Abel’s account, Guibert does at last receive a measure of justice: a thorough, painstakingly documented picture of this complex man in the thick of extraordinary times, building the foundation for Napoleon's success between 1796 and 1807—and in significant ways, changing the course of European history.

Imperial Glory

2003 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Napoleon I (Emperor of the French)
Release : 2003
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Download or read book Imperial Glory written by Napoleon I (Emperor of the French). This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Napoleon's bulletins, published complete for the first time in English Covers the period 1805 to 1815 -Reports on such battles as Austerlitz, Jena, Wagram, Borodino, and Leipzig Napoleon's bulletins are of immense historical significance, reporting as they do all the key battles of the Napoleonic Wars. The bulletins describe military operations, pick out distinguished officers and units, and present Napoleon's own interpretation of battles lost or won. David Markham is executive vice president and editor in chief of the International Napoleonic Society, as well as executive vice president of the Napoleonic Alliance. A respected scholar, Markham's work has been published in the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, The Royal United Services Institute Journal, Napoleonic Scholarship: The Journal of the International Napoleonic Society, and Etudes Napoleoniennes.

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