The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000About national and international power in the "modern" or Post Renaissance period. Explains how the various powers have risen and fallen over the 5 centuries since the formation of the "new monarchies" in W. Europe. |
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... Napoleon's great extra - continen- tal foe , and just at the time when the European continent itself was breaking into revolt . In effect , the Napoleonic system in Europe rested upon a contradic- tion . Whatever the merits or demerits ...
... Napoleon's great extra - continen- tal foe , and just at the time when the European continent itself was breaking into revolt . In effect , the Napoleonic system in Europe rested upon a contradic- tion . Whatever the merits or demerits ...
Page 558
... Napoleon's Great Adversaries , ch . 3. For the French side , see Ross , Quest for Victory , chs . 5-12 ; and idem ... Napoleon , vol . 1 , chs . 5 and 7 ; Glover , Napoleonic Wars , pp . 83-84 . See also the comments in E. L. Presseisen ...
... Napoleon's Great Adversaries , ch . 3. For the French side , see Ross , Quest for Victory , chs . 5-12 ; and idem ... Napoleon , vol . 1 , chs . 5 and 7 ; Glover , Napoleonic Wars , pp . 83-84 . See also the comments in E. L. Presseisen ...
Page 559
... Napoleonic Wars , p . 152 ; see also Chandler , Campaigns of Napoleon , p . 734. For the Austrian army's campaigning - and recuperation- see Rothenberg , Napoleon's Great Adversaries , pp . 123ff . 89. For the Peninsular War , see the ...
... Napoleonic Wars , p . 152 ; see also Chandler , Campaigns of Napoleon , p . 734. For the Austrian army's campaigning - and recuperation- see Rothenberg , Napoleon's Great Adversaries , pp . 123ff . 89. For the Peninsular War , see the ...
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