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050 00 $aDC242$b.B53 2010
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100 1 $aBlack, Jeremy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2016027188
245 14 $aThe Battle of Waterloo /$cJeremy Black.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$c[2010], ©2010.
300 $axv, 236 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tEighteenth-Century Warfare and the Challenge of Revolution -- $g2.$tNapoleon's Generalship -- $g3.$tThe British Army -- $g4.$tThe Napoleonic Regime Falls, 1812-14 -- $g5.$tThe Emperor Fights Back -- $g6.$tThe Battle: Early Stages -- $g7.$tThe Later Stages -- $g8.$tWaterloo: A Defensive Triumph -- $g9.$tThe Aftermath -- $g10.$tWaterloo and Nineteenth-Century Warfare -- $g11.$tConclusion: Locating Waterloo.
520 1 $a"The name Waterloo has become synonymous with final, crushing defeat. Now this legendary battle is re-created in a groundbreaking book by an eminent British military historian making his major American debut. Revealing how and why Napoleon fell in Belgium in June 1815, The Battle of Waterloo definitively clears away the fog that has, over time, obscured the truth." "With fresh details and interpretations, Jeremy Black places Waterloo within the context of the warfare of the period, showing that Napoleon's modern army was beaten by Britain and Prussia with techniques as old as those of antiquity, including close-quarter combat. Here are the fateful early stages, from Napoleon's strategy of surprise attack - perhaps spoiled by the defection of one of his own commanders - to his younger brother's wasteful efforts assaulting the farm called Hougoumont. And here is the endgame, including Commander Michel Ney's botched cavalry charge against the Anglo-Dutch line and the solid British resistance against a series of French cavalry strikes, with Napoleon "repeating defeat and reinforcing failure."" "More than a guide to an armed conflict, The Battle of Waterloo is a portrait of the men who fought it: Napoleon, the bold emperor who had bullied other rulers and worn down his own army with too many wars, and the steadfast Duke of Wellington, who used superior firepower and a flexible generalship in his march to victory."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aWaterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145739
650 0 $aNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815$xCampaigns$zBelgium$zWaterloo.
600 00 $aNapoleon$bI,$cEmperor of the French,$d1769-1821$xMilitary leadership.
600 10 $aWellington, Arthur Wellesley,$cDuke of,$d1769-1852$xMilitary leadership.
650 0 $aWaterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815$xInfluence.
650 0 $aNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815$xInfluence.
651 0 $aEurope$xHistory$y1789-1900.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045705
650 0 $aArmies$zEurope$xHistory$y19th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009115598
852 0 $bglx$hDC242$i.B53 2010