The Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon, 1792û1815

by OWEN CONNELLY; Department of H

• ISBN13: 9780415239844
• ISBN10: 0415239842
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2005-12-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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. Owen Connelly expertly analyzes them both to provide a broader context for warfare.Examining the causes of the wars, and how the practices of warfare during this period were to influence mode of combat throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Connelly also establishes trends discernable in the First and Second World Wars and examines key issues including:* the impact of the population explosion on armies and war* the legacy of the ancient regime impact on revolutionary armies* the impact of the Revolution on leadership, strategy, organization and weaponry* Was Napoleon's leadership style unique, or could another have played his role?* contributions from the governments of the early Revolution, the Terror, the Directory and the Napoleonic regime* What did twenty-three successive years of war accomplish?* Was this era a turning point in the history of warfare?

Author Biography

Owen Connelly is McKissick Dial Professor of History at the University of South Carolina.

Table of Contents

List of maps	ix
Introduction	1	(7)
The Eighteenth century: the French military and its enemies -- the Revolution begins	8	(10)
The Revolution and war: First campaigns, 1789--93	18	(22)
The Terror: politics and army reform, 1793--94	40	(5)
The Terror and war, July 1793--July 1794	45	(23)
The government of Thermidor and establishment of the Directory, July 1794--October 1795	68	(9)
War in Italy and Germany, 1796--97	77	(20)
Egypt and the coup d'etat de Brumaire, 1798--99	97	(10)
Marengo and the Grande Armee, 1800--05	107	(11)
Subduing the European powers: Austerlitz-Jena-Auerstadt--Friedland, 1805--07	118	(24)
``That miserable Spanish affair'': the Peninsular War, 1808--13	142	(13)
The Wagram campaign, 1809/The Empire reaches its height, 1810	155	(14)
The Russian campaign, 1812	169	(17)
Campaigns of Germany and France, 1813--14	186	(14)
The Hundred Days and Waterloo, 1815	200	(17)
Conclusions	217	(4)
Notes	221	(21)
Bibliography	242	(18)
Index	260