The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars: Volume 2, Fighting the Napoleonic Wars

Provides a comprehensive analysis of the military history of the Napoleonic Wars.

Bruno Colson (Edited by), Alexander Mikaberidze (Edited by)

9781108417662, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 2 March 2023

758 pages, 25 maps
23.5 x 15.8 x 3.9 cm, 1.28 kg

The Napoleonic Wars saw almost two decades of brutal fighting. Fighting took place on an unprecedented scale, from the frozen wastelands of Russia to the rugged mountains of the Peninsula; from Egypt's Lower Nile to the bloody battlefield of New Orleans. Volume II of The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars provides a comprehensive guide to the Napoleonic Wars and weaves together the four strands – military, naval, economic, and diplomatic - that intertwined to make up one of the greatest conflicts in history. Written by a team of the leading Napoleonic scholars, this volume provides an authoritative and comprehensive analysis of why the nations went to war, the challenges they faced and how the wars were funded and sustained. It sheds new light not only on the key battles and campaigns but also on questions of leadership, strategy, tactics, guerrilla warfare, recruitment, supply, and weaponry.

List of Figures
List of Maps
List of Tables
List of Contributors to Volume II
Introduction to Volume II
Part I. The Nature of Warfare in the Napoleonic Era
23. Military Strategy and Tactics Bruno Colson
24. Siege Warfare Bruno Colson
25. Small Wars and Guerrilla Fighting John Lawrence Tone
26. Maritime Warfare Andrew Lambert
Part II. The State of the Armed Forces
27. Napoleon's Grande Armée Jean-François Brun
28. The Austrian Army Ilya Berkovich and Michael Wenzel
29. The Prussian Army Michael Sikora
30. The Russian Army Dominic Lieven
31. The British Army Gregory Fremont-Barnes
32. The Royal Navy Stephen Conway
33. The French Navy Kenneth Johnson
Part III. Raising and Supplying the Armies
34. Logistics and Supply Jeremy Black, Frederick Schneid, Alexander Mikaberidze and John H. Gill
35. Arms and Weaponry Gareth Glover
36. Funding War (1): Napoleonic France Pierre Branda
37. Funding War (2): Britain Roger Knight
38. Funding War (3): The Habsburg Empire Patrick Swoboda
Part IV. Napoleon's Military Campaigns in Europe
39. Napoleon's Italian Campaigns, 1796-1800 Frederick Schneid
40. The Ulm and Austerlitz Campaigns, 1805 Jacques Garnier and Alexander Mikaberidze
41. The Campaign of 1806-07 in Prussia and Poland Frederick Schneid
42. The Peninsular War, 1808-14 Charles Esdaile
43. The 1809 Campaign against Austria John H. Gill
44. The Russian Campaign of 1812 Alex Mikaberidze
45. The 1813 Campaign in Central Europe Michael Leggiere
46. The Campagne de France of 1814 Michael Leggiere
47. The Hundred Days and Waterloo, 1815 Tim Clayton
Part V. Other Spheres of War
48. The Napoleonic Wars in Scandinavia Morten Nordhagen Ottosen
49. The War at Sea: Trafalgar and Beyond James Davey
50. Haiti, Slavery and the War in the Caribbean Philippe Girard
51. The Egyptian Campaign and the Middle East Alexander Chudinov
52. War and Piracy in the Atlantic World Scott Eastman
53. The War of 1812 in the United States Troy Bickham
54. The First Total War? The Place of the Napoleonic Wars in the History of Warfare David A. Bell
Bibliographical Essays
Index.

Subject Areas: European history [HBJD]