Napoleon's Cursed War (eBook)

Spanish Popular Resistance in the Peninsular War, 1808–14

Ronald Fraser (Autor)

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2020 | Ebook UK & RoW
656 Seiten
Verso (Verlag)
978-1-78960-377-4 (ISBN)

Infos

In this definitive account of the Peninsular War (1808-14), Napoleon's six-year war against Spain, Ronald Fraser examines what led to the emperor's devastating defeat against the popular opposition - the guerrillas - and their British and Portuguese allies. As well as relating the histories of the great political and military figures of the war, Fraser brings to life the anonymous masses - the artisans, peasants and women who fought, suffered and died - and restores their role in this barbaric war to its rightful place while overturning the view that this was a straightforward military campaign. This vivid, meticulously researched book offers a distinct and profound vision of "e;Napoleon's Vietnam"e; and shows the reality of the disasters of war: the suffering, discontents and social upheaval that accompanied the fighting.With a new Introduction by Perry Anderson.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.1.2023
• Einführung: Perry Anderson
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Blood of Spain • Guerrilla • napoleonic wars • Oral History • Waterloo
• ISBN-10: 1-78960-377-3 / 1789603773
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78960-377-4 / 9781789603774