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        Napoleon’s Enfant Terrible

        Napoleon's Enfant Terrible

        General Dominique Vandamme

        by John G. Gallaher

        A dedicated career soldier and excellent division and corps commander, Dominique Vandamme was a thorn in the side of practically every officer he served. Outspoken to a fault, he even criticized Napoleon, whom he never forgave for not appointing him marshal. His military prowess so impressed the emperor, however, that he returned Vandamme to command time and again. In this first book-length study of Vandamme in English, John G. Gallaher traces the career of one of Napoleon’s most successful midrank officers.

        Southern Gambit

        Southern Gambit

        Cornwallis and the British March to Yorktown

        by Stanley D. M. Carpenter

        Ultimately, strategic incoherence, ineffective command and control, and a misreading of the situation contributed to the series of cascading failures of the British effort. Carpenter’s analysis of how and why this happened expands our understanding of the British decision-making and operations in the Southern Campaign and their fateful consequences in the War for Independence.
         

        The Far Reaches of Empire

        The Far Reaches of Empire

        War in Nova Scotia, 1710–1760

        by John Grenier

        The Far Reaches of Empire chronicles the half century of Anglo-American efforts to establish dominion in Nova Scotia, an important French foothold in the New World. John Grenier examines the conflict of cultures and peoples in the colonial Northeast through the lens of military history as he tells how Britons and Yankees waged a tremendously efficient counterinsurgency that ultimately crushed every remnant of Acadian, Indian, and French resistance in Nova Scotia.

        Blücher

        Blücher

        Scourge of Napoleon

        by Michael V. Leggiere

        One of the most colorful characters in the Napoleonic pantheon, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742–1819) is best known as the Prussian general who, along with the Duke of Wellington, defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. Throughout his long career, Blücher distinguished himself as a bold commander, but his actions at times appeared erratic and reckless. This magnificent biography by Michael V. Leggiere, an award-winning historian of the Napoleonic Wars, is the first scholarly book in English to explore Blücher’s life and military career—and his impact on Napoleon.

        In the Year of the Tiger

        In the Year of the Tiger

        The War for Cochinchina, 1945–1951

        by William M. Waddell

        A challenge to historical orthodoxy, In the Year of the Tiger presents a more balanced interpretation of the French war for Indochina. At the same time, the book alters and expands our understanding of the precedents and the dynamics of America’s Vietnam War.
         

        Transnational Frontiers

        Transnational Frontiers

        The American West in France

        by Emily C. Burns

        For French artists and enthusiasts, the West served as a fulcrum for the construction of an American cultural identity, offering a chance to debate ideas of primitivism and masculinity that bolstered their own colonialist discourses. By examining this process, Burns reveals the interconnections between American western art and Franco-American artistic exchange between 1865 and 1915.

         

        European Armies of the French Revolution, 1789–1802

        European Armies of the French Revolution, 1789–1802

        Edited by Frederick C. Schneid

        In nine essays by leading scholars, European Armies of the French Revolution, 1789–1802 provides an authoritative, continent-wide analysis of the organization and constitution of these armies, the challenges they faced, and the impact they had on the French Revolutionary Wars and on European military practices. The volume opens with editor Frederick C. Schneid’s substantial introduction, which reviews the strategies and policies of each participating state throughout the wars, establishing a clear context for the essays that follow.

        Patriot Priests

        Patriot Priests

        French Catholic Clergy and National Identity in World War I

        by Anita Rasi May

        These clergymen’s story, recounted here for the first time, elucidates a unique milestone of church-state relations in France. But it is their experiences—their hopes and fears, their struggles to reconcile their mission of peace with the demands of war, and their sense of belonging to France as well as to the Church—that reveal a new perspective on the Great War.
         

        Guibert

        Guibert

        Father of Napoleon's Grande Armée

        by Jonathan Abel

        Taking in the full scope of the times, from the ideas of the Enlightenment to the passions of the French Revolution, Jonathan Abel’s Guibert is the first book in English to tell the remarkable story of the man who, through his pen and political activity, truly earned the title of Father of the Grande Armée.

        Titan

        Titan

        The Art of British Power in the Age of Revolution and Napoleon

        by William R. Nester

        The interplay of individuals and events, the importance of conjunctures and contingency, the significance of Britain's island character and resources: all come into play in Nester's exploration of the art of British military diplomacy. The result is a comprehensive and insightful account of the endeavors of statesmen and generals to master the art of power in a complex battle for empire.

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