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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 940.27 EAN: 9780275968755 ISBN: 0275968758 Label: Praeger Publishers Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: March 30, 2002 Publisher: Praeger Publishers Studio: Praeger Publishers Editorial Review: Product Description: The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars raged in Italy for 23 years. In that time, no fewer than eight campaigns involving hundred of thousands of troops were mounted in the Italian peninsula, as France and Austria struggled over this secondary, but still vitally important theater of war. As Frederick Schneid demonstrates in this groundbreaking work, control of Italy was rightly seen by Napoleon as an important means of applying strategic pressure on the Austrians, while simultaneously providing security for France's vulnerable southern flank. As the first in-depth consideration of the struggle for strategically key region, this book places the Italian campaigns into their proper historical context. Beginning with a geo-strategic overview of the Italian peninsula and its place in French and Austrian calculations, Schneid moves on to a careful consideration of the major campaigns that began in 1805, 1809, and 1813. These include studies of the battles at Caldiero, Wagram, and Mincio. The book also provides appendices with complete orders of battle for each campaign. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Battles in Italy during the early 19th CenturySchneid's book is a very valuable study of some of the main battles fought in Italy during the Napoleonic wars, complete with maps and orders of battle. Schneid draws on a number of archival sources in assembling his work. Historians and war gamers will both find this book of interest because of the level of detail provided, which is very good. In addition, Schneid provides insight on each Italian campaign from 1805-1815, along with factors that most likely influenced the thinking of the commanders. ... Read More Rating: - Italian Campaigns a WinnerWhile this book may not be as detailed as some people would like, it definately fills a void in giving a solid overview for the campaigns in Northern Italy from 1805-1815. Very few other books cover any single campaign in Northern Italy with near as much information as Schneid does much less all of them. Could it have been more detailed? Sure, but then again the same could be said about many books. If nothing else, Schneid gives the reader a solid platform with which to seek additional information. ... Read More Rating:  - While Napoleon was away...Schneid, author of the excellent Soldiers of Napoleon's Kingdom of Italy (Westview, 1995), presents a brief overview of the campaigns in Italy between 1805 and 1815. This volume, unlike Schneid's previous book, is military history in the sense of focusing solely on campaigns and battles. Schneid looks at the chief military campaigns of 1805, 1809, 1813-14, and 1815 (Murat's last hurrah and Suchet's last stand in Savoy), covering the battles of Caldiero, Maida, Sacile, Piave, Raab, Mincio, and Tolentino. ... Read More |
