1813: Empire at Bay: The Sixth Coalition and the Downfall of Napoleon
the sixth coalition and the downfall of napoleon
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- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2013
Summary
1813 was a critical year in the world war that ended with the downfall of Napoleon. In a series of major battles the converging armies of the Sixth Coalition drove the French forces back. This was the year in which the balance of power tipped decisively against Napoleon’s First Empire, and that is why Jonathon Riley’s highly readable and timely new study is so important. He covers the operations in central Europe and Spain, where the allies broke French power, humbled Napoleon and laid the fo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781783033973 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1783033975 |
| Author: | Jonathon Riley |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | The Praetorian Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2013 |
| Weight: | 594g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Jonathon Riley
Lieutenant-General Jonathon Riley’s military career included multiple tours in Northern Ireland, the Balkans, Sierra Leone, Iraq and Afghanistan. He commanded, 1st Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers in Goražde where he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. He is one of a small number of British officers to have commanded a tri-service joint task force on operations, which he did in Sierra Leone. In Iraq, he was Commanding General, Multi-National Division (South-East). He then became Senior British Military Adviser to the United States Central Command before being appointed Deputy Commanding General of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. He has a PhD in modern history and he is currently Visiting Professor in War Studies at King’s College London. His recent published works include Napoleon as a General, Decisive Battles, a new edition of Llewelyn Wyn Griffith’s Great War classic Up to Mametz, and a biography of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, A Matter of Honour.
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