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The decline and fall of Napoleon's empire : how the emperor self-destructed / Digby Smith.

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  • ISBN: 1853676098
  • ISBN: 9781853676093
  • Physical Description: 239 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: London : Greenhill ; Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, 2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-232) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1 Steps to the Throne 23 -- Totalitarian Dictator 29 -- Repression 31 -- 2 Military Blunders 42 -- 1800: Marengo 42 -- 1805: Napoleon and Naval Affairs 46 -- 3 Economic Errors 60 -- 4 1809: The Puppets Fall Short of Expectations 87 -- Spanish Ulcer Opens Up 92 -- 5 Napoleon, Centre of the Universe 96 -- In His Headquarters 96 -- Operations of the Headquarters of the Grande Armee: the Flaws 98 -- 6 Corruption 122 -- Distractions of the Flesh 127 -- 7 1812: Russia - The Great Blunder 131 -- 8 Errors of 1813 150 -- 9 1813: Leipzig, the Battle of the Nations 160 -- 10 1814: Flashes of Genius, Thoughts of Suicide 170 -- General Bonaparte Rides Again 173 -- Nine Days Campaign 174 -- After the Lord Mayor's Show 177 -- First Abdication 183 -- 11 1815: One Last Throw - The Hundred Days 187 -- Ligny or Quatre-Bras? 200 -- Waterloo 203 -- A French Exports 1805-1815 218 -- B Berlin Decrees 220 -- C Milan Decree 223 -- D Chappe Telegraph System 225 -- E Populations and Armies of States in 1800 226 -- F Navies in 1790 227 -- G Naval Supplies 228 -- H Napoleon's Finances 229.
Subject:
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Military leadership.
France > History, Military > 1789-1815.
France > Politics and government > 1799-1815.
Genre:
Biographies.

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