{"product_id":"the-campaigns-of-napoleon-david-chandler-hardcover-1","title":"The Campaigns of Napoleon - David Chandler - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Napoleonic war was nothing if not complex—an ever-shifting kaleidoscope of moves and intentions, which by themselves went a long way towards baffling and dazing his conventionally minded opponents into that state of disconcerting moral disequilibrium which so often resulted in their catastrophic defeat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Campaigns of Napoleon is a masterful analysis and insightful critique of Napoleon's art of war as he himself developed and perfected it in the major military campaigns of his career. Napoleon disavowed any suggestion that he worked from formula (“Je n'ai jamais eu un plan d'opérations”), but military historian David Chandler demonstrates this was at best only a half-truth. To be sure, every operation Napoleon conducted contained unique improvisatory features. But there were from the first to the last certain basic principles of strategic maneuver and battlefield planning that he almost invariably put into practice. To clarify these underlying methods, as well as the style of Napoleon's fabulous intellect, Chandler examines in detail each campaign mounted and personally conducted by Napoleon, analyzing the strategies employed, revealing wherever possible the probable sources of his subject's military ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThis copy is in \u003cstrong\u003eFair \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003econdition. There is notable marking on the page edges and dust jacket. There is some shelf wear. As always, the photos are of the book you will receive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gary J","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52288099188967,"sku":"TWLGJ015","price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8511\/5879\/files\/2TWL_504_aacb4d45-9f80-4673-b7c8-c8679b0aca88.jpg?v=1783570825","url":"https:\/\/thewarlibrary.com.au\/products\/the-campaigns-of-napoleon-david-chandler-hardcover-1","provider":"The War Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}