THE NAPOLEONIC WARS: A Global History

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Comprehensive global history of the Napoleonic Wars across six continents and the entire period from 1792 to 1815. France struggled for dominance not only on the plains of Europe but also in the Americas, West and South Africa, Ottoman Empire, Iran, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Mediterranean Sea, and the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Discusses major political-military events around the world and situates geopolitical decision-making within its long- and short-term contexts. Includes 29 maps.

Moves away from the Eurocentric vision of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars to examine British expeditions to Argentina and South Africa, Franco-Russian maneuvering in the Ottoman Empire, rise of Mehmed Ali and the emergence of a powerful state in Egypt, rise of the US, and start of national-liberation movements against the Spanish Colonial Empire in South America.