Napoleon on war
By: edited by Bruno Colson ; translated by Gregory Elliott
Contributors: Colson, Bruno, editor; Bertrand, Henri-Gratien, comte, 1773-1844, contributor; Elliott, Gregory, translator
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780199685561
Subjects: Strategy; Campaigns; Sources; Military leadership; Military art and science; War; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; History
Other titles: On war
Work titles: Works
Description: A systematic attempt to put Napoleon's thinking on war and strategy into a single volume. Taken from correspondence, other writings, and especially the notebooks of General Bertrand, the Emperor's companion on St. Helena--published here for the first time--annotated and organized to follow the framework of Clausewitz's On war.
Notes: "Originally published as Napoléon: De la guerre, ©Perrin, 2011"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-469) and index.
Table of contents: title: book 1. The nature of war; title: book 2. The theory of war; title: book 3. On strategy in general; title: book 4. The engagement; title: book 5. Military forces; title: book 6. Defence; title: book 7. Attack; title: book 8. War plans.