Product Description: Armies of the Napoleonic Wars Research Series is a factual in-depth study of the armies, battles, and leaders of the Age of Napoleon.  "The principal purpose of the volume is to bring together the most information practical on the raising and formation of Napoleon's war machine, its level of training, combat effectiveness and the opinions of strengths and weaknesses made by the people closest to the army - the officers and ministers themselves...read more

The account of one decisive and fateful year in the life of Napoleon Buonaparte. It details his manner of conducting a war and his political and strategic attitudes. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This volume's juxtaposition of the empires of Germany and France in 1806, at the dissolution of The Holy Roman Empire, allows a comparison of their transition towards modernity, explored through the themes of Empire, monarchy, political cultures, feudalism, war and military institutions, nationalism and identity, and everyday experience...read more

Napoleon's unhealthy obsession with capturing Berlin is highlighted here for the first time, with fascinating details of this frustrating and ultimately unsuccessful campaign. (Military History) (view table of contents)

Product Description: This is the first comprehensive history of the campaigns that determined control of Germany following Napoleon's catastrophic defeat in Russia. Michael Leggiere reveals how, in the spring of 1813, Prussia, the weakest of the Great Powers, led the struggle against Napoleon as a war of national liberation...read more