Description This authoritative, comprehensive, and enthralling book describes and analyzes Napoleon\'s most powerful weapon--the Grande Arm e which at its peak numbered over a million soldiers.
Elting has edited and written numerous books on military history, including Amateurs, to Arms!: A Military History of the War of 1812 and A Military History and Atlas of the Napoleonic Wars ..
About the Author Colonel John R.
In Elting\'s masterful hands the experience is truly unforgettable.
From the army\'s formation out of the turmoil of Revolutionary France through its swift conquests of vast territories across Europe to its legendary death at Waterloo, this book uses excerpts from soldiers\' letters, eyewitness accounts, and numerous firsthand details to place the reader in the boots of Napoleon\'s conscripts and generals.
Elting examines every facet of this incredibly complex human machine: its organization, command system, logistics, weapons, tactics, discipline, recreation, mobile hospitals, camp followers, and more.
Description This authoritative, comprehensive, and enthralling book describes and analyzes Napoleon\'s most powerful weapon--the Grande Arm e which at its peak numbered over a million soldiers
