CHANDLER : Napoleon (fülszöveg)
Napoleon Bonaparte was the outstanding soldier of modern history. He shares fame as one of the greatest commanders of all time with Alexander the Great, Hannibal and Genghis Khan.
For almost twenty years he was unchallengeable as a strategist and grand tactician, and for half that time he was the arbiter of the fate of Europe as well as the dominant personality on the world scene.
This biography traces Napoleon's career from his youthful days of Corsican nationalism; to his introduction to French warfare at Toulon, and his triumphant campaigns in Italy and Egypt; to his phenomenal rise to power through the military machine, when, at the age of thirty, he became the de facto ruler of France.
The author, David Chandler, an acknowledged authority on Napoleon, retells in a lively narrative, the soldier-genius's hard-fought battles at Marengo, Austerlitz, Jena-Auerstadt and Friedland; the Spanish encounters, the Russian campaign and Waterloo. Napoleon's sixty battles left an indelible mark on Europe causing several million deaths and incalculable misery, but his military ability is indisputable. He revolutionised warfare, and his sweeping changes and his promise of `honour, glory and riches' kindled the imagination of the neglected rank and file and, in fact, ushered in the modern nationalistic age.
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