Del i serien Studies in Military History and International Affairs

Napoleon's Conquest of Europe

The War of the Third Coalition

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

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Poised to strike at England in the summer of 1805, Napoleon found himself facing a coalition of European powers determined to limit his territorial ambitions. Still, in less than one hundred days, Napoleon's armies marched from the English Channel to Central Europe, crushing the armies of Austria and Russia—the first step in his conquest of Europe. In this telling new account, Schneid demonstrates how this was possible. Schneid details how Napoleon's victory over the Third Coalition was the product of years of diplomatic preparation and the formation of French alliances. He played upon the prevailing conditions of the European state system and the internal politics of the Holy Roman Empire to improve France's strategic position.This war must be understood in the context of the French Revolution and its influence on major and minor European states. In some cases, Napoleonic diplomacy returned to France's traditional and historic relationships; in others, he capitalized upon longstanding competition and animosities to gather allies and create wedges. Schneid approaches the campaign from a broad diplomatic, economic, and military perspective, including not only the French perspective, but the points of view of the other powers involved as well. This telling account reveals that the road to Vienna was paved long before Napoleon's armies marched upon the enemies arrayed against them.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2005-05-30
Mått156 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt482 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Military History and International Affairs
Antal sidor220
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780275980962

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ForewordAcknowledgmentsCampaign and Battle MapsOne NapoleonTwo France and SpainThree Spain, France, and War with EnglandFour Napoleon and Germany, 1792-1803Five Napoleon, Prussia, and German Politics, 1803-1805Six Austria, Italy, and the MediterraneanSeven The Third CoalitionEight August-September 1805Nine From the Rhine to the InnTen November 1805Eleven Austerlitz, Pressburg, and PrussiaNotesBibliographyIndex

[T]his is a book about the complicated interplay of economics and diplomacy that occurred between 1796 and 1805. While that might seem potentially mundane, here it is not. And that is the strongest recommendation of the work. It should become mandatory reading for those of us in the Napoleonic field, but it would also be useful for giving graduate or upper-level undergraduates a firm understanding of the period's alliance systems and national finances….Napoleon's Conquest of Europe is an excellent survey of the diplomatic and economic considerations that lead to the great events of 1805. The book would serve upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, buffs and experts equally well and certainly belongs in any good library collection.