The cognitive challenge of war Prussia 1806 /

The cognitive challenge of war [electronic resource] : Prussia 1806 / Peter Paret.

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Responding to the enemy's innovation in war presents problems to soldiers and societies of all times. This book traces Napoleon's victory over Prussia in 1806 and Prussia's effort to recover from defeat to show how in one particular historical episode operational analyses together wit...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Paret, Peter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Clausewitz, Carl von, > 1780-1831 > Military leadership.
Jomini, Antoine Henri, > baron de, > 1779-1869 > Military leadership.
Clausewitz, Carl von, > 1780-1831.
Jomini, Antoine Henri, > baron de, > 1779-1869.
1800-1815
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Campaigns > Germany > Prussia.
Jena, Battle of, Jena, Germany, 1806.
Auerstedt, Battle of, Auerstedt, Germany, 1806.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Social aspects > Germany > Prussia.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Art and the wars.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 > Literature and the wars.
Military history > Case studies.
Military art and science > Case studies.
War and literature.
Command of troops.
Military art and science.
Military campaigns.
Military history.
Social aspects.
Germany > Auerstedt.
Germany > Jena.
Germany > Prussia.
Art and the war.
Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Two battles
  • Violence in words and images
  • Responses and reform
  • The conquest of reality by theory.

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