Chapter 1 : Generalship Chapter 2 : Napoleon as Strategist Chapter
3 : Napoleon as Coalition General Chapter 4 : Campaigning -
Napoleon and Operational Art Chapter 5 : Napoleon on the
Battlefield Chapter 6 : Counter-Insurgency and Rear Area Security
Chapter 7 : Logistics, Pillage and Plunder Chapter 8 : Exporting
Revolution 1793-1797 - Napoleon's First Essay in Generalship
Chapter 9 : Conquest of Prussia 1806 - Napoleon at the Height of
his Powers Chapter 10 : From the Congress of Prague to the Battle
of the Nations 1813 - The Beginning of the End
Chapter 11 : Conclusions
An insightful and well informed account on Napoleon's generalship.
Jonathon Riley was appointed as Director General and Master of the Armouries in June 2009. Before that he held military commands on operations in the Balkans as a battalion and brigade commander, in Sierra Leone as Joint Task Force Commander, in Iraq as Divisional Commander, and in Afghanistan as Deputy Commander of all NATO forces. He has an MA and a PhD in history and has published eight books including Napoleon as a General (Continuum 2007)
"Napoleon as a General is a readable addition to existing studies
of its subject." -David Longfellow, The Historian, Vol. 71
"As stated in its introduction, this book is neither a biography
nor a chronological history of Napoléon. It is an insightful
treatise on the emperor's generalship, written by an officer in the
British army...The author's assessment is fairly objective: in
summary, that Napoléon was an innovative general and the best in
the field until the attrition of over a decade of conflict caught
up with him. Recommended." -David Lee, Library Journal,
December 2007
*David Lee*
"Jonathan Riley is ideally placed, as a soldier and an historian,
to write this definitive book on Napoleon as one of history's most
renowned commanders." --International Napoleonic Society
"a superb study...Napoleon as a General is not another
biography, but a detailed treatise on the many and varied demands
made on top commanders throughout history." Reviewed by John
Ure in Times Literary Supplement, January 2008
"a superb study of Napoleon's qualities as a commander...finishes
with an excellent and well-balanced conclusion." Reviewed by
Jon Latimer in Times Literary Supplement, 2008
"A welcome and worthwhile interpretation of Napoleonic campaigns
with an highly unusual perspective" BBC History Magazine
*B'nai B'rith International Jewish Monthly*
"An insightful treatise on the emperor's generalship, written by an
officer in the British army." -David Lee Poremba, Library Journal,
December 2007
*Library Journal*
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