Defeat: Napoleon's Russian Campaign by De Segur, Philippe-Paul

Defeat: Napoleon's Russian Campaign (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781590172827)

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Defeat: Napoleon's Russian Campaign by De Segur, Philippe-Paul

Defeat: Napoleon's Russian Campaign

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Defeat: Napoleon's Russian Campaign by De Segur, Philippe-Paul

Defeat: Napoleon's Russian Campaign

$22.95
Format: Paperback
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In the summer of 1812 Napoleon gathered his fearsome Grande Arm e, more than half a million strong, on the banks of the Niemen River. He was about to undertake the most daring of all his many campaigns: the invasion of Russia. Meeting only sporadic opposition and defeating it easily along the way, the huge army moved forward, advancing ineluctably on Moscow through the long hot days of summer. On September 14, Napoleon entered the Russian capital, fully anticipating the Czar's surrender. Instead he encountered an eerily deserted city--and silence. The French army sacked the city, and by October, with Moscow in ruins and his supply lines overextended, and with the Russian winter upon him, Napoleon had no choice but to turn back. One of the greatest military debacles of all time had only just begun.

In this famous memoir, Philippe-Paul de S gur, a young aide-de-camp to Napoleon, tells the story of the unfolding disaster with the keen eye of a crack reporter and an astute grasp of human character. His book, a fundamental inspiration for Tolstoy's War and Peace, is a masterpiece of military history that teaches an all-too-timely lesson about imperial hubris and its risks.

Author: Philippe-Paul de Segur
ISBN-10: 1590172825
ISBN-13: 9781590172827
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2008
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.18w x 0.74d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2009 pg. 47
By Philippe-Paul de Segur
By Philippe-Paul de Segur
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Philippe-Paul de S馮ur (1780-1873), the scion of an old French aristocratic family, was the son of Louis-Philippe de S馮ur, a diplomat and historian who welcomed the Revolution and aligned himself with Napoleon. Sharing his his father's sympathies, the young S馮ur enlisted in the French cavalry in 1800 and quickly rose to became a member of Napoleon's personal staff. S馮ur distinguished himself repeatedly in battle and supported the Emperor until the final defeat at Waterloo. His History of Napoleon and the Grande Arm馥 in the Year 1812 was published in two volumes in 1824, and the book, a great success which sold out ten editions in three years, was widely translated. Effectively retired from the army during the Restoration, S馮ur was promoted to lieutenant general and received a peerage after the establishment of the July Monarchy in 1830. He was enrolled in the French Academy in 1830 and received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor in 1847. His other books include a History of Russia and Peter the Great as well as his posthumously published memoirs.

Mark Danner has written about war and politics for two decades, covering conflicts in Latin America, the Balkans, and the Middle East, among other stories. His books include The Massacre at El Mozote, Torture and Truth, and The Secret Way to War.

J. David Townsend was a Methodist minister who served for sixteen years as a missionary in Algeria and was the pastor of churches in Paris and in Cohasset, Massachusetts. His translation and abridgement of S馮ur's masterpiece was first published in 1958 as Napoleon's Russian Campaign.

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