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- Objectstaat
- ISBN
- 9780618919819
- Book Title
- First Total War : Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Warfare As We Know It
- Item Length
- 8.6in
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Trade Paperback, Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Military / Napoleonic Wars, Europe / France, World, Europe / General, Historical
- Item Width
- 5.6in
- Item Weight
- 11.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 432 Pages
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"A mesmerizing account that illuminates not just the Napoleonic wars but all of modern history . . . It reads like a novel" (Lynn Hunt, Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History, UCLA).The twentieth century is usually seen as "the century of total war." But as the historian David Bell argues in this landmark work, the phenomenon actually began much earlier, in the era of muskets, cannons, and sailing ships--in the age of Napoleon. In a sweeping, evocative narrative, Bell takes us from campaigns of "extermination" in the blood-soaked fields of western France to savage street fighting in ruined Spanish cities to central European battlefields where tens of thousands died in a single day. Between 1792 and 1815, Europe plunged into an abyss of destruction. It was during this time, Bell argues, that our modern attitudes toward war were born. Ever since, the dream of perpetual peace and the nightmare of total war have been bound tightly together in the Western world--right down to the present day, in which the hopes for an "end to history" after the Cold War quickly gave way to renewed fears of full-scale slaughter. With a historian's keen insight and a journalist's flair for detail, Bell exposes the surprising parallels between Napoleon's day and our own--including the way that ambitious "wars of liberation," such as the one in Iraq, can degenerate into a gruesome guerrilla conflict. The result is a book that is as timely and important as it is unforgettable. "Thoughtful and original . . . Bell has mapped what is a virtually new field of inquiry: the culture of war."--Steven L. Kaplan, Goldwin Smith Professor of European History, Cornell University
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0618919813
ISBN-13
9780618919819
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60203026
Product Key Features
Book Title
First Total War : Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Warfare As We Know It
Format
Trade Paperback, Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / Napoleonic Wars, Europe / France, World, Europe / General, Historical
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.6in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.6in
Weight
12.7 Oz
Item Weight
11.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Publication Date
2008-01-16
Reviews
& " A mesmerizing account that illuminates not just the Napoleonic wars but all of modern history& hellip; it reads like a novel." --Lynn Hunt, Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History, UCLA, "A terrific book, fresh, original and compelling. . . a brilliant account of a fundamental historical transformation." --Keith Michael Baker, Stanford University, "A mesmerizing account that illuminates not just the Napoleonic wars but all of modern historyhellip; it reads like a novel." --Lynn Hunt, Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History, UCLA, " As wise at it is timely, and as rich in detail as it is grand in scope." --David Armitage, Professor of History, Harvard University, "Thoughtful and original . . . Bell has mapped what is a virtually new field of inquiry: the culture of war." --Steven L. Kaplan, Goldwin Smith Professor of European History, Cornell University "A mesmerizing account that illuminates not just the Napoleonic wars but all of modern history... it reads like a novel." --Lynn Hunt, Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History, UCLA "A terrific book, fresh, original and compelling. . . a brilliant account of a fundamental historical transformation." --Keith Michael Baker, Stanford University "David Bell gives a gripping account of the transformation of European war. This is a bold and important book." --Natalie Zemon Davis, University of Toronto "As wise at it is timely, and as rich in detail as it is grand in scope." --David Armitage, Professor of History, Harvard University "A page turner . . . Everyone who hates wars . . . should read these pages." --Patrice Higonnet, Harvard University "[David Bell] is one of the best prose stylists of his generation." --Steven Englund, author of Napoleon, A Political Life "From the gripping opening paragraphs to the very end, The First Total War is . . . an historical page-turner." --Dror Wahrman, Ruth N. Halls Professor of History, Indiana University, "Thoughtful and original . . . Bell has mapped what is a virtually new field of inquiry: the culture of war." --Steven L. Kaplan, Goldwin Smith Professor of European History, Cornell University "A mesmerizing account that illuminates not just the Napoleonic wars but all of modern history… it reads like a novel." --Lynn Hunt, Eugen Weber Professor of Modern European History, UCLA "A terrific book, fresh, original and compelling. . . a brilliant account of a fundamental historical transformation." --Keith Michael Baker, Stanford University "David Bell gives a gripping account of the transformation of European war. This is a bold and important book." --Natalie Zemon Davis, University of Toronto "As wise at it is timely, and as rich in detail as it is grand in scope." --David Armitage, Professor of History, Harvard University "A page turner . . . Everyone who hates wars . . . should read these pages." --Patrice Higonnet, Harvard University "[David Bell] is one of the best prose stylists of his generation." --Steven Englund, author of Napoleon, A Political Life "From the gripping opening paragraphs to the very end, The First Total War is . . . an historical page-turner." --Dror Wahrman, Ruth N. Halls Professor of History, Indiana University, " David Bell gives a gripping account of the transformation of European war. This is a bold and important book." --Natalie Zemon Davis, University of Toronto, "From the gripping opening paragraphs to the very end, The First Total War is . . . an historical page-turner." --Dror Wahrman, Ruth N. Halls Professor of History, Indiana University, "Thoughtful and original . . . Bell has mapped what is a virtually new field of inquiry: the culture of war." --Steven L. Kaplan, Goldwin Smith Professor of European History, Cornell University, "Masterly...An Essential Book.", "ÝDavid Bellš is one of the best prose stylists of his generation." --Steven Englund, author of Napoleon, A Political Life, "�David Bell� is one of the best prose stylists of his generation." --Steven Englund, author of Napoleon, A Political Life, "A Fascinating and Brilliant Work of History.", "ÝDavid Bell¨ is one of the best prose stylists of his generation." --Steven Englund, author of Napoleon, A Political Life, "[David Bell] is one of the best prose stylists of his generation." --Steven Englund, author of Napoleon, A Political Life, & " A page turner . . . Everyone who hates wars . . . should read these pages.& " --Patrice Higonnet, Harvard University
Table of Content
Maps and Illustrations viii Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1 1. Officers, Gentlemen, and Poets 21 2. Conscience, Commerce, and History 52 3. Declaring Peace; Declaring War 84 4. The Last Crusade 120 5. The Exterminating Angels 154 6. The Lure of the Eagle 186 7. Days of Glory 223 8. War's Red Altar 263 Epilogue 302 Notes 321 Bibliography 360 Index 397
Copyright Date
2007
Dewey Decimal
940.2/7
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