The First Total War David A. Bell

Name: The First Total War By David A. Bell
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The First Total War by David A. Bell

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Summary

Explores how the Enlightenment and the French Revolution spawned the first total war - and how this legacy continues to haunts us.

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The First Total War: Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Modern Warfare by David A. Bell

In this tour de force of interpretative history, David A. Bell explains that Napoleon's was the first 'total' war in European history, when warfare was transformed into the hideous spectacle that seems ever present today. With a historian's sharp eye for detail, Bell resurrects Napoleonic Europe and brings a new perspective to a period we thought we knew.

The First Total War Reviews

'A brilliantly original work of military history' Sunday Times 'Masterly ... This is an unmissable book' Christopher Bray, Word 'An enthralling, multi-layered analysis ... Perhaps the most thought-provoking aspects of the book are those that draw parallels with more recent times' Daily Telegraph 'He goes into great and often riveting detail ... all offered with a gift for storytelling and a flair for the weird, unfamiliar fact' New Yorker

About David A. Bell

David A. Bell teaches French history at Johns Hopkins University and is the author of Lawyers and Citizens, which won the Pinkney Prize of the Society for French Historical Studies, and the highly acclaimed The Cult of the Nation in France. He has contributed to many American and European publications including the New York Times, Time, the Times Literary Supplement and the London Review of Books. He lives in Baltimore with his wife and two children.

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Sku

GOR003302678

ISBN 13

9780747579625

ISBN 10

0747579628

Title

The First Total War: Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Modern Warfare by David A. Bell

Author

David A. Bell

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Year published

20080519

Number of pages

432

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