The decline and fall of Napoleon's empire : how the emperor self-destructed /
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| Author / Creator: | Smith, Digby. 1935- |
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| Imprint: | London : Greenhill, 2005. |
| Description: | 239 p. : ill., ports, map ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5710164 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction
- Chronology
- 1. The Steps to the Throne
- The Totalitarian Dictator
- Repression
- 2. Military Blunders
- 1800: Marengo
- 1805: Napoleon and Naval Affairs
- 3. Economic Errors
- 4. 1809: The Puppets Fall Short of Expectations
- The Spanish Ulcer Opens Up
- 5. Napoleon, Centre of the Universe
- In His Headquarters
- The Operations of the Headquarters of the Grande Armee: the Flaws
- 6. Corruption
- Distractions of the Flesh
- 7. 1812: Russia - The Great Blunder
- 8. The Errors of 1813
- 9. 1813: Leipzig, the Battle of the Nations
- 10. 1814: Flashes of Genius, Thoughts of Suicide
- General Bonaparte Rides Again
- The Nine Days Campaign
- After the Lord Mayor's Show
- The First Abdication
- 11. 1815: One Last Throw - The Hundred Days
- Ligny or Quatre-Bras?
- Waterloo
- Epilogue
- Appendices
- A. French Exports 1805-1815
- B. The Berlin Decrees
- C. The Milan Decree
- D. The Chappe Telegraph System
- E. Populations and Armies of States in 1800
- F. The Navies in 1790
- G. Naval Supplies
- H. Napoleon's Finances
- Bibliography
- Index