The First Total War
Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Modern Warfare
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:19th May '08
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For fans of Simon Schama
Explores how the Enlightenment and the French Revolution spawned the first total war - and how this legacy continues to haunts us.In this tour de force of interpretative history, David A. Bell explains that Napoleon's was the first 'total' war in European history, when warfare was transformed into the hideous spectacle that seems ever present today. With a historian's sharp eye for detail, Bell resurrects Napoleonic Europe and brings a new perspective to a period we thought we knew.
'A brilliantly original work of military history' Sunday Times 'Masterly ... This is an unmissable book' Christopher Bray, Word 'An enthralling, multi-layered analysis ... Perhaps the most thought-provoking aspects of the book are those that draw parallels with more recent times' Daily Telegraph 'He goes into great and often riveting detail ... all offered with a gift for storytelling and a flair for the weird, unfamiliar fact' New Yorker
ISBN: 9780747579625
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 26mm
Weight: unknown
432 pages