Bell, David Avrom.

The first total war : Napoleon's Europe and the birth of warfare as we know it / David A. Bell. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2007. - x 420 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Officers, gentlemen and poets -- Conscience, commerce and history -- Declaring peace, declaring war -- The last crusade -- The exterminating angels -- The lure of the eagle -- Days of glory -- War's red altar.

ISBN: 9780618349654 0618349650

LCCN: 2006023077

Subjects--Personal Names:
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 --Military leadership.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
Military history, Modern.
War and society--History.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
France--History, Military--1789-1815.
Europe--History, Military--1789-1815.

LC Class. No.: DC202.1 / .B39 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 940.2/7