- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Manchester University Press Reprints distributed b (14 May 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0719036062
- ISBN-13: 978-0719036064
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 13.5 x 2 cm
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This text describes Britain's struggle with Napoleonic France between the years 1803 and 1815, detailing the many factors that together comprised Britain's military policy against Napoleon. It reassesses the political stance of British politicians at that time, disputing some historical judgements.
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The Bones and Sinews of War...
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Two hundred years on, coverage of the British participation in the Napoleonic Wars tends to center on Waterloo, Trafalgar, and Wellington's Peninsular Campaigns. Yet behind those admittedly fascinating military events was a long struggle by the British government to build, deploy,and employ forces against Imperial France.
Christopher D. Hall's superbly readable 1992 book, "British Strategy in the Napoleonic War 1803-1815", is a brisk survey by topic and by prime ministry of that struggle. In just over 200 pages, backed by a still excellent bibliography, Hall discusses how successive British governments raised troops and money, turned out armies and fleets, and made the best of their respective strategic options. Hall's narrative addresses the challenges of finding and maintaining allies in a global struggle against a much larger Imperial France.
For the reader who has some background in the Napoleonic Wars, Hall's survey should provide some measure of redemption for the succession of British prime ministers who struggled to apply Britain's limited resources to the goal of defeating Napoleon. Hall includes some explanation for the long series of often ineffectual forays into Northwest Europe.
"British Strategy In The Napoleonic War 1803-1815" is very highly recommended to students of expeditionary warfare and of the Napoleonic Wars.
Christopher D. Hall's superbly readable 1992 book, "British Strategy in the Napoleonic War 1803-1815", is a brisk survey by topic and by prime ministry of that struggle. In just over 200 pages, backed by a still excellent bibliography, Hall discusses how successive British governments raised troops and money, turned out armies and fleets, and made the best of their respective strategic options. Hall's narrative addresses the challenges of finding and maintaining allies in a global struggle against a much larger Imperial France.
For the reader who has some background in the Napoleonic Wars, Hall's survey should provide some measure of redemption for the succession of British prime ministers who struggled to apply Britain's limited resources to the goal of defeating Napoleon. Hall includes some explanation for the long series of often ineffectual forays into Northwest Europe.
"British Strategy In The Napoleonic War 1803-1815" is very highly recommended to students of expeditionary warfare and of the Napoleonic Wars.
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