The first total war : Napoleon's Europe and the birth of modern warfare as we know it /
Describes how the Enlightenment and the French Revolution led to the first total war in history during the age of Napoleon, when embodiments of modern-day warfare such as conscription, guerrilla warfare, and unconditional surrender made their first appearance.
| Основен автор: | Bell, David Avrom. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
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New York :
Houghton Mifflin company,
2008.
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Съдържание:
- Officers, gentlemen, and poets
- Conscience, commerce, and history
- Declaring peace; declaring war
- The last crusade
- The exterminating angels
- The lure of the eagle
- Days of glory
- War's red altar.