"Analyzes the strategic dimensions of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, critiquing Napoleon's broader strategic weaknesses and looking holistically at the strategies of the leading belligerents from a global perspective"-- Provided by publisher.

Strategic contexts --The shock of the new? 1792-97 -- To global strategies, 1798-1803 -- Central Europe at stake, 1804-9 -- New wars, 1810-14 -- A war without viable strategy? 1815 -- Strategic assessments -- Later strategic scrutiny.