{"product_id":"napoleons-long-shadow","title":"Napoleon's Long Shadow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis pioneering work is the first to examine Napoleon’s influence on the Civil War through direct, battle-by-battle comparison.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor the generation that fought the American Civil War, the wars of the early nineteenth century were not distant history—they were a professional guide. Military education at West Point and elsewhere immersed American officers in the campaigns of Europe’s great commanders, and none cast a longer shadow than the Corsican general Napoleon Bonaparte.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDespite decades of casual analogy, until now, no comprehensive study has ever examined how Napoleon’s campaigns shaped Civil War operations on the battlefield. Through a series of clear, apples-to-apples comparisons, author Tim Smith places nine of Napoleon’ campaigns alongside their closest Civil War counterparts. The result is a fresh interpretation of how the Civil War was fought. Smith argues that the war’s early years were profoundly shaped by earlier models of warfare, while its final year marked a decisive break toward a more modern, industrial style of conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy placing these campaigns side by side, \u003ci\u003eNapoleon’s Long Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e not only clarifies how Civil War commanders operated, but also challenges long-held assumptions rooted more in legend than in reality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Kansas","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57298463359320,"sku":"9780700643493","price":54.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/napoleons-long-shadow","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}