Napoleon on the art of war
By: selected, edited, and translated by Jay Luvaas.
Contributors: Luvaas, Jay.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780684851853
Subjects: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Military leadership -- Sources; Military art and science -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Sources; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Sources; France -- History, Military -- 19th century -- Sources
Genres: Sources.
Description: Napoleon may not have written any books, but he was a prolific writer. Thousands of his missives to subordinates survive, and these documents reflect the broad range of a fearless and incisive mind. From them, military historian Jay Luvaas has wrought a seamless whole. Luvaas has spent decades culling, editing, and arranging Napoleon's thoughts into coherent essays and arguments. In the remarkable result, Napoleon speaks without interruption in a work that will forever change the way we view him.

Whether you are a student of military strategy or a business professional eager to learn from the greatest manager of personnel that the world has ever known, Napoleon on the Art of War has something for you.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-187) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Creating the fighting force; title: Preparations for war; title: A military education; title: The combat arms; title: Generalship and the art of command; title: Army organization; title: Strategy; title: Fortification; title: The army in the field; title: The operational art; title: Appendix : Critical analysis : the wars of Frederick the Great