Russia against Napoleon : the true story of the campaigns of War and peace /

Russia against Napoleon : the true story of the campaigns of War and peace /

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Author / Creator:	Lieven, D. C. B.
Edition:	1st American ed.
Imprint:	New York : Viking, 2010.
Description:	xvii, 617 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Tolstoy, Leo, -- graf, -- 1828-1910. -- Voĭna i mir. Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815) Voĭna i mir (Tolstoy, Leo, graf) Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Russia. Military campaigns. Russia -- History -- Alexander I, 1801-1825. Russia. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10423775

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ISBN:	9780670021574 0670021571 9780143118862 0143118862
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-602) and index.
Summary:	In his major new history of the Russian conflict immortalized by Tolstoy in "War and Peace," Lieven provides an examination of the period from the Russian perspective, demonstrating that Napoleon's defeat in 1812 by the Russian army was just the beginning of what would be the longest military campaign in European history.

Table of Contents:

Russia as a great power
The Russo-French alliance
Preparing for war
The retreat
Borodino and the Fall of Moscow
The home front in 1812
The advance from Moscow
1813 : the spring campaign
Rebuilding the army
Europe's fate in the balance
The Battle of Leipzig
The invasion of France
The fall of Napoleon
Appendix 1 : The Russian army in June 1812
Appendix 2 : Russian Army Corps at the beginning of the autumn 1813 campaign.