Waterloo great battles series

Waterloo was the last battle fought by Napoleon and the one which finally ended his imperial dreams. It involved the deployment of huge armies and incurred heavy losses on both sides; for those who fought in it, Dutch and Belgians, Prussians and Hanoverians as well as British and French troops, it w...

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Main Author: Forrest, Alan 1945- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK Oxford University Press 2015
Edition:First edition
Series:Great battles
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Call Number :DC 242 .F72 2015
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Genesis of the Waterloo Campaign-- 3. The Battle-- 4. The Return of Peace: First Responses to Waterloo
  • 5. Eye-witness Accounts
  • 6. Wellington, Waterloo, and British Identity
  • 7. Waterloo and the Napoleonic Legend 8. Waterloo in German, Dutch and Belgian Memory