The halt in the mud : French strategic planning from Waterloo to Sedan /: French strategic planning from Waterloo to Sedan. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gary P. Cox.
• Other Names: Cox, Gary P
• Contents: 1. The Napoleonic Inheritance: Strategic Planning in the Wars of the Revolution and the Empire. French Strategic Planning in the Revolution. Napoleon and Napoleonic Strategy -- 2. The French Defense Problem in 1815. Rebuilding the French Army. The French Frontier in 1815. Forming the Allied Security Cordon -- 3. The "Great Ministry" of Marshal Gouvion Saint-Cyr. The Army of Gouvion Saint-Cyr. Saint-Cyr's General Staff -- 4. The Defense Commission of 1818. The Commission Meets. End and Assessment -- 5. The French Reaction to the Founding of the German Federal Army. Provisions for a Federal Army. The French Army and Defense Planning, 1824-1830 -- 6. 1830: Revolution, Belgium, and the Brink of War. French Rearmament. Allied Preparations. The Emergence of Soult and Pelet -- 7. The Price of Success. Attempts at Internal Arms Reform. A New Defense Commission -- 8. Collision Course: 1840-1848. The German Reaction. The French Response. The Army and the Revolution of 1848 -- 9. Paved with Good Intentions. "An Urgent Need to Correct Defects" "War [with France] Was Not to Be Avoided" "The Consequences of Professional Decadence" "He Saw Destroyed All His Illusions."
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (258 pages)
• Subjects: 355/.0335/44; Military policy; Strategie; Militärische Planung; Militärische Planung; Strategie; Strategische Planung; France -- Military policy; France -- History, Military -- 19th century; France -- Military policy; France; Frankreich; Frankreich; Military history
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000302127; 1000302121
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.