Popular and scholarly history presents a one-dimensional image of Napoleon as an inveterate instigator of war who repeatedly sought large-scale military conquests. General Franceschi and Ben Weider dismantle this false conclusion in The Wars Against Napoleon, a brilliantly written and researched stu
The Myth of Napoleon || Napoleon in Russian Literature
โ Scribed by Robert L. Jackson
- Book ID
- 120580678
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Year
- 1960
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 900 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0044-0078
- DOI
- 10.2307/2929230
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