Napoleon and the Operational Art of War

Michael V. Leggiere, Ph.D. (Florida State University, 1997), is Professor of History and Deputy Director of the Military History Center at the University of North Texas. He is an award-winning author of five monographs on the history of the Napoleonic Wars.

• ContentsForeword viiGeoffrey WawroList of Maps xiList of Contributors xii xivIntroduction 1Michael V. Leggiere1 The Prophet Guibert 8Jonathan Abel2 The French Way of War 40Jordan R. Hayworth3 The Campaign against Piedmont-Sardinia, April 1796 88Frederick C. Schneid4 The Second Italian Campaign 118John F. Weinzierl5 1805: Ulm and Austerlitz 145Mark T. Gerges6 The Jena Campaign: Apogee and Perihelion 173Dennis Showalter7 An Ulcer Inflamed: Napoleon’s Campaign in Spain, 1808 199Huw J. Davies8 1809: The Most Brilliant and Skillful Maneuvers 235John H. Gill9 The Limits of the Operational Art: Russia 1812 265Alexander Mikaberidze10 Prometheus Chained, 1813–1815 317Michael V. Leggiere11 Napoleon’s War at Sea 387Kenneth G. Johnson12 Britain’s Royal Navy and the Defeat of Napoleon 476Kevin D. McCranieAfterword 500Robert M. CitinoConclusion 519John SevernIndex 527