Innovator or Imitator: Napoleon's Operational Concepts and the Legacies of Bourcet and Guibert

by U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and James N. Wasson

In 1805, a new style of operational warfare burst upon the fields of Europe as Napoleon Bonaparte's Grand Army swept from the Rhine to the Danube surrounding the Austrian army at Ulm and initiating a revolution in military affairs (RMA) whose effects are still felt today. The question remains whether this new style of warfare was merely a natural outgrowth of the work of 18th century military thinkers, whose theories were imitated by a dynamic leader,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1522738355
• ISBN13: 9781522738350
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"