Under the shadow of Napoleon [electronic resource] : French influence on the American way of warfare from the War of 1812 to the outbreak of WWII / Michael A. Bonura.
Bonura, Michael A., 1974-
2012
UA23 .B714 2012eb
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Title Under the shadow of Napoleon [electronic resource] : French influence on the American way of warfare from the War of 1812 to the outbreak of WWII / Michael A. Bonura.
Author Bonura, Michael A., 1974-
ISBN 9780814723173 (electronic book)
9780814709429
Imprint New York : New York University Press, c2012.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xi, 306 p.) : ill.
Call Number UA23 .B714 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 355.4/77309034
Summary The way an army thinks about and understands warfare has a tremendous impact on its organization, training, and operations. The central ideas of that understanding form a nation's way of warfare that influences decisions on and off the battlefield. From the disasters of the War of 1812, Winfield Scott ensured that America adopted a series of ideas formed in the crucible of the Wars of the French Revolution and epitomized by Napoleon. Reflecting American cultural changes, these French ideas dominated American warfare on the battlefields of the Mexican-American War, the American Civil War,....
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Series Warfare and culture series.
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