1812: Napoleon's Russian Campaign
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Book Overview
The author, an editor of Campaigns Magazine for ten years, has written a groundbreaking new study of Napoleon's disasterous Russian campaign of 1812. In doing this, he has employed primary sources... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0070527318
ISBN13:9780070527317
Release Date:January 1990
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Companies
Length:525 Pages
Weight:1.95 lbs.
Customer Reviews
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Super chronicle of a super debacle
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Invading Russia doesn't seem to be a good idea. I know of three major campaigns, all ending in disaster: Charles XII of Sweden (against Peter the Great), Napoleon, and Hitler. Charles XII and Hitler were mediocre generals at best, but Napoleon--how could he blunder so grotesquely in strategy and tactics? Riehn's book does an excellent job of explaining it. The lack of maps, as the other reviewer noted, is definitely a problem in following the details of logistics and battles. My paperback edition has one map, but it's lousy. However, Riehn makes up for this with a strong narrative that makes the whole campaign come alive. My father found a great book years ago--"Retreat from Moscow", by Bourgogne (?) long out of print. It's the memoirs of a French officer who miraculously survived the retreat. If you can find it, read it!
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