14 illustrations; 169 full-page color maps, 13 x 10*
* Large color maps show the course of each campaign. Complemented by a full narrative history
"A superb historical atlas that is a seminal work and provides a comprehensive overview of the battles and campaigns between 1796 and 1815. The 169 maps chart the course of twelve crucial campaigns including Marengo, Austerlitz, and Borodino. It illustrates Napoleon's concept of war, his grasp of strategy, and his complete mastery of battlefield tactics.
Vincent J. Esposito was professor and head of the Department of Military Art and Engineering at West Point from 1956-1963. Colonel John R. Elting is the foremost expert on Napoleon's Grande Armee."
Col Elting taught the senior course, History of the Military Art for eleven years at West Point and ended his tour there as an associate professor.
The impression created was entirely yours. “The French fought outnumbered at Waterloo the VI Corps only being engaged against the Prussians and not the Anglo-Dutch. And they nearly won there also. Wellington had as good as lost the battle and then the Prussians belatedly showed up.”