Napoleon's military successes were due to a large degree to the efficiency of his command and control systems or 'headquarters'. These comprised the Great Imperial Headquarters and the Small Imperial Headquarters, both staffed by members of the Military Household and the Civil Household including officers and men of many different departments. This book shows how their functions slotted together into a system that provided the Emperor with all the information he needed to make decisions; with the means to turn those decisions into specific orders, and to distribute them quickly; and with all the protection, logistic and other back-up services that allowed his court to function while on campaign.
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Napoleon's military successes were due to a large degree to the efficiency of his command and control systems. These comprised the great and small imperial headquarters both staffed by members of the military and civil households. This title shows how their functions slotted together into a system.
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Scope, organisation and functions of the military & civil households; Aides-de-camp; Couriers; Topographical Office: General Bacler d'Albe and the geographic engineers; Security: Imperial Guard duty escorts - Mamelukes - Gendarmerie d'Elite ('foumers du Palais') security police; Grand Marshals of the Palace; Orderly officers; Imperial pages; Doctors, valets, cooks etc; Grand Equerry - stablemasters, grooms; Napoleon's carriages; Napoleon's campaign tents, furniture, etc.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781841767932
Publisert
2004-08-27
Utgiver
Vendor
Osprey Publishing
Vekt
256 gr
Høyde
248 mm
Bredde
184 mm
Dybde
7 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
64

Forfatter
Illustratør

Biographical note

Ronald Pawly was born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1956. His forte is research in the field of military portraiture and he has contributed to two major French reference works, 'Repertoire Mondial des Souvenirs Napoleonien' and 'Dictionnaire des Colonels de Napoleon.' Ronald has written several books for Osprey, including Men-at-Arms 355: 'Wellington's Belgian Allies 1815'. Patrice Courcelle was born in northern France in 1950 and has been a professional illustrator for some 20 years. Entirely self-taught, he has illustrated many books and magazine articles for Continental publishers, and his work hangs in a number of public and private collections.