num_pages: 400
description: *14 illustrations* 169 full-page color maps* 13 x 10* Large color maps show the course of each campaign* Complemented by a full narrative historyA superb historical atlas that is a seminal work and provides a comprehensive overview of the battles and campaigns between 1796 and 1815. The 169 maps chart the course of twelve crucial campaigns including Marengo, Austerlitz, and Borodino. It illustrates Napoleon's concept of war, his grasp of strategy, and his complete mastery of battlefield tactics. Vincent J. Esposito was professor and head of the Department of Military Art and Engineering at West Point from 19561963. Colonel John R. Elting is the foremost expert on Napoleon's Grande Arme.
language: English
title: A Military History and Atlas of the Napoleonic Wars
titlecomplete: A Military History and Atlas of the Napoleonic Wars
genres: Military History, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 49
publisher: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal