Napoleon's Grand Army

During the French Revolution, the French army became a disorganized mess, plagued by crackpot Revolutionary theories. How did Carnot organize victory? How did Napoleon create an unstoppable war machine by preparing to invade England and then not doing it? How did Napoleon test that machine to destruction by 1814?


This interactive book describes, not only the infantry, cavalry and artillery of Napoleon’s Grande Armée, but his supply system, his high-tech system of semaphore towers and his fledgling air force, his engineering corps, the command structure of his Grand Quartier-Général, the propaganda machine, the effects of technology, and much more.  


Features:


Soldiers of Napoleon’s Grand Army charmingly (but accurately) portrayed by miniature soldiers
Capsule histories of all the branches of the army
Hyperlinks to articles on the Web
Hyperlinks to relevant books in the Apple Book Store
Hyperlinks to special-interest and scholarly websites like the Napoleon Series
Hyperlinks to books and reading lists on WorldCat (the world’s largest bibliographic database)
Hyperlinks to YouTube videos illustrating Napoleonic warfare
Animated Keynote® slideshows depicting basic principles of infantry maneuvers and artillery fire
Detailed chronologies of the Revolution, the Peninsular War, the Russian and German Campaigns, the Campaign of France, and the 100 Days