拿破仑：最后的荣耀 英文原版 Napoleon: The End of Glory Munro Price OUP Oxford 军事历史
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- 出版社 OUP Oxford
- 出版时间 2016年8月
- ISBN 0198766238 或 9780198766230
- 定价 142.00
内容简介
Napoleon:TheEndofGlorytellsthestoryofthedramatictwoyearsthatledtoNapoleon'sabdicationinApril1814.ThoughcrucialtoEuropeanhistory,theyremainstrangelyneglected,lyingbetweenthetwomuchbetter-knownlandmarksoftheretreatfromMoscowandthebattleofWaterloo.YetthisshortperiodsawbothNapoleon'slossofhisEuropeanempire,andofhiscontroloverFranceitself.In1813themassivebattleofLeipzig-thebloodiestinmodernhistorybeforethefirstdayoftheSomme-forcedhisarmiesbacktotheRhine.Thenextyear,afterabrilliantcampaignagainstoverwhelmingodds,NapoleonwasforcedtoabdicateandexiledtoElba.Heregainedhisthronethefollowingyear,forjustahundreddays,inadoomedadventurewhosedefeatatWaterloowaspredictable.Themostfascinating-andleast-known-aspectoftheseyearsisthatatseveralkeypointsNapoleon'senemiesofferedhimpeacetermsthatwouldhaveallowedhimtokeephisthrone,ifnothisempire,apolicyinspiredbythebrilliantanddeviousAustrianforeignministerMetternich.Napoleon:TheEndofGloryshedsfascinatingnewlightonNapoleon,Metternich,andmanyotherkeyfiguresandeventsinthisdramaticperiodofEuropeanhistory,drawingonpreviouslyunusedarchivesinFrance,Austria,andtheCzechRepublic.Throughtheseitseekstoanswerthemostimportantquestionofall-why,insteadofacceptingacompromise,Napoleonchosetogambleontotalvictoryattheriskofutterdefeat?
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