The Campaigns of Napoleon by David Chandler
'In this "engrossing," (The New Yorker) vivid, and intensively researched volume, esteemed Napoleon scholar David Chandler outlines the military strategy that led the famous French emperor to his greatest victories—and to his ultimate downfall.'
"Napoleonic war was nothing if not complex—an ever-shifting kaleidoscope of moves and intentions, which by themselves went a long way towards baffling and dazing his conventionally minded opponents into that state of disconcerting moral disequilibrium which so often resulted in their catastrophic defeat. The Campaigns of Napoleon is a masterful analysis and insightful critique of Napoleon's art of war as he himself developed and perfected it in the major military campaigns of his career."
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@david Tomlinson When the supporting information is based on inaccurate data and false information from material that is not credible, then the study is worthless. You just don't get it, and that, too, is unfortunate. Naming a historical figure as a megalomaniac, or with a mental disorder two hundred years after his death is just plain ridiculous. Again, it's nothing more than psychobabble.
Of course, the names of Hitler and Stalin had to be thrown into the mix just for effect?
I read some time ago that if psychiatrists existing during the period and went near the Grande Armee the troops, not to mention the officers, probably would have had them shot!