Research Catalog

Title

Waterloo : the decisive victory / edited by Colonel Nick Lipscombe ; [foreword by his Grace the Duke of Wellington ; introduction by Peter Snow].

Publication

• Oxford ; New York : Osprey Publishing, 2014.
• ©2014

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lipscombe, Nick, 1958-
• Snow, Peter, 1938-

Description

415 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 25 cm

Summary

Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, this lavishly illustrated volume looks at all the different aspects of the 100-day campaign which has become synonymous with the Napoleonic Wars and saw the eventual defeat of Napoleon's French forces. Ten articles by internationally renowned historians examine the battle from different angles, from the microcosm of the bitter fighting for the fortified farmhouse of Hougoumont through to a wider perspective of the 100-day campaign in its entirety. The official publication of the Waterloo 200 organization, slipcased and highly collectible, Waterloo - The Decisive Victory offers a unique and authoritative history of one of the most important battles in world history.

Subject

• Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815

Note

• "Waterloo 200: 1815-2015, a defining moment in European history."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-409) and index.

Contents

1. The Waterloo camapign : the strategic background / Jeremy Black -- 2. The battles of Ligny and Quatre Bras : Napolean's lost opportunities / Julian Spilsbury -- 3. The commanders/ Philip Haythornthwaite -- 4. The battle : the armies, their weapons and tactics / Mark Adkin -- 5. Waterloo eyewitnesses : different perspectives / Natalia Griffon de Pleineville -- 6. Hougoumont and La Haye Sainte : points d'appui or pivotal bastions? / Nick Lipscombe -- 7. The cavalry charges / Ian Fletcher -- 8. The Prussian army at Waterloo / Charles Esdaile -- 9. La Garde Recule! Napolean's last throw of the dice / Andrew Field -- 10. The legacy of Waterloo : war and politics in Europe in the 19th century / Huw Davies.

Call Number

JFF 16-827

ISBN

• 9781472801043
• 1472801040
• 9781472810472 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781472810465 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2015300094

OCLC

887938433

Title

Waterloo : the decisive victory / edited by Colonel Nick Lipscombe ; [foreword by his Grace the Duke of Wellington ; introduction by Peter Snow].

Publisher

Oxford ; New York : Osprey Publishing, 2014.

Copyright Date

©2014

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-409) and index.

Added Author

Lipscombe, Nick, 1958- editor.

Snow, Peter, 1938- writer of introduction.

Other Form:

Ebook version 9781472810472

Research Call Number

JFF 16-827