It is only in the past two decades that English-speaking scholars have fully breached European language barriers, permitting a comprehensive re-examination of the Napoleonic Wars beyond the limitations of English-, French-, and German-dependent works. This volume examines the changing nature of Napoleonic historiography and provides the student and scholar with a guide to those changes.

Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Origins of Napoleonic Warfare -- 2 The Napoleonic Wars -- 3 The Campaigns -- 4 Satellites and Minor States: Puppets or Independent Actors? -- 5 Armies of the Napoleonic Wars -- 6 Britain, Spain, and the Peninsular War -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- About the Author.