Napoleon's Commanders (1) C1792-1809

On the Napoleonic battlefield victory or defeat could still depend on the skills, reactions and personalities of individual commanders. Even under a genius such as Bonaparte the dispersal of his armies on campaign, and the lack of fast communications, left command and control of the different corps and divisions in the hands of his marshals and generals. This first in a pair of Elite titles describes in concise but colourful detail the careers and personalities, and illustrates the appearance, of more than two dozen of Napoleon's leading colleagues and subordinate commanders in the Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic campaigns up to 1809.Haythornthwaite, Philip J. is the author of 'Napoleon's Commanders (1) C1792-1809' with ISBN 9781841760551 and ISBN 1841760552.