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Napoleon Conquers Austria: The 1809 Campaign for Vienna by Arnold, James R. 1st

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Objectstaat
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ISBN
9780275946944
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, History
Publication Name
Napoleon Conquers Austria : the 1809 Campaign for Vienna
Item Length
9.2 in
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Subject
Europe / Austria & Hungary, Military / Napoleonic Wars, Europe / France, Military / General, Historical
Publication Year
1995
Type
Textbook
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.7 in
Author
James R. Arnold
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
20 Oz
Number of Pages
278 Pages

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This is the first English language account of the 1809 campaign for Vienna to weave stories of individual persons into the larger motif of the struggle to dominate Europe. The book explores three themes: the decline of Napoleon's powers, the rise of German nationalism, the end of the era of cavalry dominance of the battlefield and the ascendance of artillery. The campaign for Vienna led to Napoleon's first defeat on the battlefield. In May, Napoleon sat with his defeated army at the end of a long and imperiled line of communications. At the moment of crisis, he displayed his formidable talents and prepared a masterful counterstroke. The Battle of Wagram--a battle of unprecedented lethality--was a triumph for Napoleon and led to a peace which he dictated. In 1809 the world's undisputed military genius--Napoleon Bonaparte--confronted his implacable continental foe, the Hapsburg Empire. During the Vienna campaign of that year, Napoleon suffered his first defeat since becoming Emperor, but rebounded to win Wagram, a battle of unprecedented lethality. Referring to the strategic importance of the battles he fought, Napoleon reflected: My power is dependent on my glory, and my glory on my victories. My power would fall if I did not base it on still more glory and still more victories. Conquest made me what I am; conquest alone can keep me there. Even in the midst of a life and death campaign struggle against Austria, Napoleon continued to make nearly every decision of state on a daily basis. During his bath, while being shaved, when eating his meals, aides presented petitions and requests for his tireless attention: a second lieutenant asks to retain his French citizenship while serving in the Dutch army? Granted. Emperor Alexander I of Russia asks that an English prisoner of war who is a relative of his personal surgeon be released? Granted. If genius lies in the attention to detail, here was genius at work. The sun rose on April 24, 1809, to illuminate a continent at war. From Poland to Spain, some 600,000 soldiers awakened to duty. Nowhere was the concentration of forces greater than in the Danube Valley where Napoleon had determined to launch his blow against the Austrian Generalissimus, Erzherzog (Archduke) Karl. If Karl triumphed, most of Europe stood poised to pounce. Napoleon and the French Empire would be attacked from all quarters. If Karl failed, all Europe--except England and perhaps Portugal and Spain--would make whatever accommodations were necessary to survive under Napoleonic hegemony. The ensuing campaign led to Napoleon's first defeat at Aspern-Essling. So, at the end of May, Napoleon sat with his battered army at the end of a long and imperiled line of communications while Europe erupted around him. Yet, at the moment of supreme crisis, Napoleon displayed his formidable talents and prepared a masterful counterstroke. French and Austrian alike suffered horrific losses at Wagram, but at battle's end, Napoleon's commanding presence produced a French triumph. It was a victory so complete that the Emperor forced Austria into unwilling alliance and even took the daughter of the Austrian Kaiser to be his new wife. For one last time, the French conqueror redrew Europe's map.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
0275946940
ISBN-13
9780275946944
eBay Product ID (ePID)
83666

Product Key Features

Author
James R. Arnold
Publication Name
Napoleon Conquers Austria : the 1809 Campaign for Vienna
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Europe / Austria & Hungary, Military / Napoleonic Wars, Europe / France, Military / General, Historical
Publication Year
1995
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
278 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2 in
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
20 Oz

Additional Product Features

LCCN
94-044177
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Dc234
Reviews
"Arnold writes a solid military history, looking closely at the strategy and tactics employed by both sides. His strength is following the major units as they are employed in battle and writing a clear and well-informed account of the battle. He draws on excellent archival sources and most of the standard works on the topic....is a useful work of special interest to military history buffs, war-gamers, and military historians." Choice, "Arnold writes a solid military history, looking closely at the strategy and tactics employed by both sides. His strength is following the major units as they are employed in battle and writing a clear and well-informed account of the battle. He draws on excellent archival sources and most of the standard works on the topic....is a useful work of special interest to military history buffs, war-gamers, and military historians."- Choice, "...[T]he style is accessible and the illustrations are fresh and well chosen....[E]njoyable and well written."- War in History, "...[T]he style is accessible and the illustrations are fresh and well chosen....[E]njoyable and well written." War in History
Table of Content
Introduction Strategic Delusion The Armies of 1809 Day of Battle "A Combat of Giants" Tour de Horizon In Flank and Rear In Search of Battle The Killing Ground The Spoils of War An End to Glory Notes Bibliography
Copyright Date
1995
Target Audience
College Audience
Dewey Decimal
940.2/7
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes

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