Napoleon : on War.

Cover -- Napoleon on War -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Book: I The Nature of War -- 1: What is War? -- The officer´s ethics -- `I know of no namby-pamby war´ -- Civil wars -- War and peace -- 2: War and Law -- The rules for surrendering fortified towns -- No capitulation in open country -- `Perfidious Albion´ -- Respect for the law of nations and military laws -- The law of nations on land and at sea -- 3: Military Genius -- Having a genius for war -- The qualities of the leader: more character than spirit -- Portraits of generals -- The naval general and the land general -- 4: On Danger in War -- Anxieties and dangers -- Death and mourning -- 5: On Physical Effort in War -- Illnesses, fatigue, and privations -- Caring for the men -- 6: Intelligence in War -- Knowing what the enemy is doing -- Interrogating prisoners -- 7: Friction in War -- Accidents, circumstances, delays -- Seizing the moment -- Adapting orders to circumstances -- Conclusion to Book I -- Book: II The Theory of War -- 1: Classifications in the Art of War -- Tactics, grand tactics, major operations -- Strategy -- 2: On the Theory of War -- The desire to theorize war -- Machiavelli, Folard, Maurice de Saxe -- Frederick II, Guibert, Lloyd, Bülow -- Jomini -- Rogniat and Marbot -- 3: Art of War or Science of War -- 4: Method and Routine -- Principles -- On the axes to which a curve is related -- 5: Critical Analysis -- 6: On Examples -- Learning about war through history -- The example of the great commanders -- Feuquière -- Military education by example and its limits -- Conclusion to Book II -- Book: III On Strategy in General -- 1: Strategy -- 2: Moral Factors -- Everything is opinion in war -- The number of the enemies -- Maintaining morale and control of the press -- Moral implications of strategic moves -- 3: The Principal Moral Elements.

4: Military Virtues of the Army -- Discipline -- Honour, emulation, esprit de corps -- The education of troops -- What leaders should say to soldiers -- 5: Boldness -- 6: Perseverance -- 7: Superiority of Numbers -- 8: Surprise -- 9: Cunning -- 10: Concentration of Forces in Space -- The concentration of forces at the decisive point -- Staying unified when near the enemy -- 11: Unification of Forces in Time -- 12: The Strategic Reserve -- 13: Economy of Force -- 14: The Character of Modern Warfare -- Conclusion to Book III -- Book: IV The Engagement -- 1: The Nature of Battle Today -- 2: The Engagement in General -- Predominance of firepower -- Battle dispositions -- Detailed tactics -- 3: The Battle: Its Decision -- The decisive moment and `the event´ -- The phases of the battle -- 4: Mutual Agreement to Fight -- 5: The Principal Battle: Its Decision -- Using one´s aces -- Resolution and tenacity -- 6: The Principal Battle: The Use of the Battle -- Seeking battle -- Principal battle and campaign plan -- 7: Strategic Means of Exploiting Victory -- 8: Retreat after a Lost Battle -- Conclusion to Book IV -- Book: V Military Forces -- 1: General Survey -- 2: Relationship between the Branches of the Military -- Proportion and relationship of branches -- Artillery -- Cavalry -- Infantry, the French soldier -- The engineering corps -- The medical service -- 3: The Army´s Order of Battle -- The organization of the army -- Unity of command -- 4: General Disposition of the Army -- 5: Advance Guards and Outposts -- 6: Operational Use of Advanced Corps -- 7: Camps -- 8: Marches -- 9: Supply -- 10: Lines of Communication and Lines of Operations -- 11: Region and Terrain -- Conclusion to Book V -- Book: VI Defence -- 1: Attack and Defence -- 2: The Relationship between Attack and Defence in Tactics -- 3: The Relationship between Attack and Defence in Strategy.

4: The Convergent Character of Attack and the Divergent Character of Defence -- 5: The Character of Strategic Defence -- 6: The Defensive Battle -- 7: Fortresses -- The usefulness of fortresses -- Depot posts and field posts -- Borders and capitals -- Defending yourself until the last moment -- 8: Defensive Positions -- 9: Fortified Positions and Entrenched Camps -- 10: Defensive Mountain Warfare -- 11: Defence of Rivers and Streams -- 12: Defence of Swamps-Inundations -- 13: The Cordon -- 14: The Key to the Country -- 15: Retreat to the Interior of the Country -- 16: The People in Arms -- 17: Defence of a Theatre of War -- Conclusion to Book VI -- Book: VII Attack -- 1: Attack in Relation to Defence -- 2: The Nature of Strategic Attack -- 3: The Offensive Battle -- Frederick II´s battles and oblique order -- The form and the means of attack -- Naval battles -- 4: River Crossings -- 5: Attack on Defensive Positions -- 6: Attack on a Mountainous Area -- 7: Manoeuvre -- 8: Attack on Fortresses -- 9: Invasion -- War of invasion and routine war -- Conciliating invaded peoples -- On the difficulties of occupation and the placement of troops -- Counter-insurgency methods -- Means of pacification -- Conclusion to Book VII -- Book: VIII War Plans -- 1: The Plan of Campaign -- 2: The Military Objective and the Enemy´s Centre of Gravity -- 3: War and Politics -- Influence of the political objective on the military objective -- The army, rampart of the state -- Primacy of the civil over the military -- 4: The Supreme Commander and the Government -- 5: The War Plan when the Objective is the Destruction of the Enemy -- Conclusion to Book VIII -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Book I -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Conclusion to Book I -- Book II -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2.

Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Conclusion to book ii -- Book III -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Conclusion to Book III -- Book IV -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Conclusion to Book IV -- Book V -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Conclusion to Book V -- Book VI -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Chapter 15 -- Chapter 16 -- Chapter 17 -- Book VII -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Conclusion to book vii -- Book VIII -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Conclusion -- Introduction -- Book: I -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Conclusion to Book I -- Book: II -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Conclusion to Book II -- Book: III -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Conclusion to Book III -- Book: IV -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Conclusion to Book IV -- Book: V -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10.

Chapter 11 -- Conclusion to Book V -- Book: VI -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Chapter 15 -- Chapter 16 -- Chapter 17 -- Book: VII -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Conclusion to Book VII -- Book: VIII -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Conclusion -- Sources and Bibliography -- Manuscript Sources -- Printed Sources -- Critical Bibliography -- Index.

The first ever systematic and authoritative compilation of Napoleon's thinking on war, this is as close as we will ever get to the great book on war that Napoleon contemplated but never had the time or the will to complete in his last years in exile on Saint-Helena.

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