Britain's Rise to Global Superpower in the Age of Napoleon
The art of power consists of getting what one wants. That is never more challenging than when a nation is at war. Britain fought a nearly nonstop war against first revolutionary then Napoleonic France from 1793 to 1815. During those twenty-two years, the British government formed, financed, and led seven coalitions against France. The French inflicted humiliating defeats on the first five coalitions. Eventually Britain and its allies prevailed, not once but twice by vanquishing Napoleon temporarily in 1814 and definitively in 1815.French revolutionaries had created a new form of warfare, which Napoleon perfected. Never before had a government…
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- ISBN: 978-1-5267-7544-3
- EAN: 9781526775443
- Produktnummer: 35580179
- Verlag: Pen and Sword
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 20'322 KB
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