NAPOLEON IN VICTORY AND DEFEAT

Ottawa, Ontario: Directorate of Military Training - Army Headquarters, 1964. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 324 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; previous owner's name inside. Illustrated with maps and fold-out maps. The Contents are: The Formative Years: Napoleon's Early Training: Regimental Duty and Corsican Politics - The Rise to Power. The Young General: Italy 1796 - 1797: Elimination of Piedmont - Forcing the Po - Versatility in Command - Destruction of Austrian Offensives - Peace at Leoben. Master of War: Bavaria and Austria 1805: The March to the Danube - Victory at Ulm - Napoleon Occupies Vienna - Coup de Grace at Austerlitz - The Aftermath of the Campaign. The Ruthless Gambler: Russia 1812: Napoleon at His Zenith - The Breach with Russia - From the Niemen to the Kremlin - The Retreat from Moscow - The Final Reckoning. Overburdened Titan: Germany 1813: Reconstruction of Napoleon's Army - Formation of the Fifth Coalition - From Lutzen to the Armistice - The Austrian Intervention - Nemesis at Leipzig. The Napoleonic Enigma: Waterloo and Final Years: and Sword and Sceptre - The Limitations of Genius; followed by an index..