"On June 23, 1812 Napoleon's Grand Armée, over 500,000 men strong, poured over the Russian border. An equally massive Russian army faced them. The ensuing campaign was a catastrophe for Napoleon. Although the battle of Borodino, which resulted in heavy losses on both sides, allowed Napoleon to enter Moscow, his stay in that empty and decimated city was disastrous. By the time Napoleon had retreated to the Berezina River in late November, his Grande Armée was only a fifth of its original strength. His retreat had become a rout, and his allies began to desert him...In this book, Clausewitz analyzes all the significant players with sharp and enlightening characterizations, and provides perhaps the best eyewitness accounts of the battle of Borodino and the Convention of Tauroggen. The Campaign of 1812 in Russia is a brilliantly observed study of one of the major turning points of history." -- From the back cover.

"This Da Capo Press paperback edition of The Campaign of 1812 in Russia is an unabridged republication of the edition published in England in 1843, with the addition of a new foreword by Sir Michael Howard and maps from Napoleon (1907) by Theodore Ayrault Dodge." -- From reverse of title page. List of maps : Frontispiece: The Beresina ; Western Russia ; West Central Russia ; East Central Russia ; Positions, July 24 ; Smolensk and Valutino ; Battle of Borodino ; Lines of advance and retreat ; Gshask-Moscow-Medyni country ; Positions, October 25 ; Smolensk-Krasnoi Country ; Battle of Krasnoi ; Positions, November 21 ; Orsha-Beresina Country ; Positions, November 25 ; Maps from Napoleon (1907) by Theodore Ayrault Dodge.

Foreword / Sir Michael Howard -- Chapter I. Arrival at Wilna -- Plan of campaign -- Camp of Drissa -- Chapter II. General review of the incidents of the campaign of 1812 in Russia -- Chapter III. Further progress of the campaign.