Vincent Cronin did a very readable one, available in paperback too. Geoff ... have is primarily military related. Thanks, ... security tools, free access to...
... As the little sh*t said himself: "what is the lives of a million men to one such as I?" As for individual battles I ought to close my eyes ... And...
... Michael Rieder ... From: Geoff Wootten <gawmar@...> Date: Thursday, February 1, 2007 8:41 am Subject: [NapoleonicFireandFury] Re: What is a good...
My point from the original post was just because Ingo clearly falls on one side vice the other as regards his opinion of Napoleon, don't necessarily think that...
Gentlemen: I often think that the rhetoric surrounding the French revolution and Napoleon from the surrounding monarchies is very similar to that surrounding ...
Just some more thoughts, to be fair Mississippi has been pestilential for most people even before Lincoln's generals made it so for nearly everyone...and we...
You talked about the Inquisition like it was a bad thing - - - Seriously, when you look at press, time is a great mellowing influence; certainly, all the...
... I don't think that's an exclusively revolutionary sentiment; cetaintly the *counter*revolutionary forces during the wars of the French Republic thought...
Jan.. I remember having a vigorous discussion with my aunt (who worked with Latin American matters in Langley Virginia) during the 1980s. I was wearing my ...
I take your point, Doug, but don't you think the Coalition powers were trying to re-export monarchy to France? Certainly they would not have been content to...
Jan Well yes, something like the WWI allies were trying to do in Russia...and the Hessian mercenaries les goddams employed in the American Revolution were ...
Read an interesting book about the Hessians, providing a solid background about why the use of such "subsidy troops" came into prominence, eg, the German...
I actually did not intend to blacken Napoleon's stance as a politician as I know too little about this historical terrain. From my readings I merely conclude...
... have been ... rule, and ... Some of the victorious Allies went on to create the Holy Alliance in order, with greater enthusiasm or less, to realise...
Nature abhors a vaccum, as true in politics as in physics Michael Rieder ... From: johnrohdeuk <johnrohdeuk@...> Date: Thursday, February 1, 2007 8:12 pm...
... Yes, Napoleon told many lies. History for him was another weapon; Propaganda was a tool to be used. ... It's easy to pile up evidence against the Emperors...
Nature abhors a vaccum, as true in politics as in physics Michael Rieder So do many readers and writers of history. ;-j Bill Haggart -- No virus found in this...
I recently bought the rules, developed an Access Database to print labels, and am testing the same using Marengo data from a book by Arnold. I now have three...
danmaryelizabeth wrote: COL Bill may have more definitive answers, but here are mine. ... If they really constitute a whole stand's worth (i.e., nearly 200 ...
Not so much a revolution, more a prolonged change of management. Nappy put all of his family on the Royal thrones of Europe. Geoff ... surrounding ... ...
Geoff, That's very often what revolutions ultimately accomplish...There is a disconnect between the rhetoric surrounding the revolution and the effect of the...
... <jan.spoor@...> wrote: Small units (5-7 stands) are very fragile; very small units (4 stands or fewer) are almost worthless. It may be necessary to combine...
Come to think of it wasn't the pig in "Animal Farm" named Napoleon, or is my memory as bad as my typing? As I recall the anmals threw out the human farmer in...
Wow, I must be getting senile; I coulda sworn I answered these before. My apologies and here goes: 1. Escort cavalry - either disregard altogether or assign...
Here's another example from Jena Napoleon did not have his Guard Cavalry so he had 1st Hussars and a Dragoon unit, and I am assuming in equal parts...I...
