The Cambridge history of the Napoleonic wars : Volume 1, politics and diplomacy

Volume I of The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars covers the international foreign political dimensions of the wars and the social, legal, political and economic structures of the Empire. Leading historians from around the world come together to discuss the different aspects of the origins of the Napoleonic Wars, their international political implications and the concrete ways the Empire was governed. This volume begins by looking at the political context that produced the Napoleonic Wars and setting it within the broader context of eighteenth century great power politics in the Age of Revolution. It considers the administration and governance of the Empire, including with France's client states and the role of the Bonaparte family in the Empire. Further chapters in the volume examine the war aims of the various protagonists and offer an overall assessment of the nature of war in this period. 04.0_pp_iv_iv_Copyright_page 05.0_pp_v_vii_Contents 06.0_pp_viii_viii_Figures_and_Tables 07.0_pp_ix_ix_Maps 08.0_pp_x_xi_Contributors_to_Volume_I 09.0_pp_xii_xii_Acknowledgements 10.0_pp_1_14_General_Introduction 11.0_pp_15_20_Introduction_to_Volume_I 12.0_pp_21_146_The_Origins_of_the_Napoleonic_Wars 12.1_pp_23_44_Great_Power_Politics_in_the_Second_Half_of_the_Eighteenth_Century 12.2_pp_45_66_British_Colonial_Politics_in_an_Age_of_European_War_and_Creole_Rebellion 12.3_pp_67_87_War_in_the_Eighteenth_Century 12.4_pp_88_107_The_Age_of_Revolutions_Napoleon_Bonaparte 12.5_pp_108_126_From_Cosmopolitanism_to_la_Grande_Nation_French_Revolutionary_Diplomacy_17891802 12.6_pp_127_146_The_French_Revolutionary_Wars 13.0_pp_147_292_Napoleon_and_his_Empire 13.1_pp_149_167_The_Bonapartes 13.2_pp_168_187_The_Napoleonic_Elites 13.3_pp_188_207_Administration_Police_and_Governance 13.4_pp_208_231_Law_Justice_Policing_and_Punishment 13.5_pp_232_252_Napoleonic_Wars_and_Economic_Imperialism 13.6_pp_253_271_Napoleon_and_the_Church 13.7_pp_272_292_Napoleons_Client_States 14.0_pp_293_448_War_Aims 14.1_pp_295_308_French_Preponderance_and_the_European_System 14.2_pp_309_331_Habsburg_Grand_Strategy_in_the_Napoleonic_Wars 14.3_pp_332_351_Prussian_Foreign_Policy_and_War_Aims_17901815 14.4_pp_352_371_British_War_Aims_17931815 14.5_pp_372_389_Alexander_Is_Objectives_in_the_Franco-Russian_Wars_18011815 14.6_pp_390_409_Ottoman_War_Aims 14.7_pp_410_426_Spain_and_Portugal 14.8_pp_427_448_War_Aims_Scandinavia 15.0_pp_449_474_Bibliographical_Essays 16.0_pp_475_496_Index "Volume III of the Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars moves away from the battlefield to explore broader questions of society and culture. Leading scholars from around the globe show how the conflict left its mark on virtually every aspect of society. They reflect on the experience of the soldiers who fought in them, examining such matters as military morale, ideas of honour and masculinity, the treatment of wounds and the fate of prisoners-of-war; and they explore social issues such as the role of civilians, women's experience, trans-border encounters and the roots of armed resistance. They also demonstrates how the experience of war was inextricably linked to empire and the wider world. Individual chapters discuss the depiction of the Wars in literature and the arts and their lasting impact on European culture. The volume concludes by examining the memory of the Wars and their legacy for the nineteenth-century world." A comprehensive history of the international politics of the Napoleonic Wars and the social, legal, political and economic structures of the Empire. Leading scholars examine the political context that produced the wars and set them within the broader context of eighteenth century great power politics in the Age of Revolution.