Napoleon as Military Commander

New York: Barnes and Noble Books, 1998. Reprint edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 322, [6] pages. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Maps. Napoleon's Marshals. Chronological Table. Bibliography. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. General Sir James Handyside Marshall-Cornwall KCB, CBE, DSO, MC (27 May 1887 - 25 December 1985) was a British Army officer and linguist. During World War I Cornwall joined the Intelligence Corps at Le Havre. In 1915 he was appointed to the rank of Captain at 2nd corps headquarters in the Second Army. In 1916 he was promoted to temporary major at the general headquarters of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), under Sir Douglas Haig. In 1918, Cornwall was posted to the War Office as head of the MI3 section of the military intelligence directorate, where he remained until the armistice. In April 1941 Marshall-Cornwall became General Officer Commanding the British troops in Egypt. Marshall-Cornwall took over Western Command in November 1941. He spent the last of the war with the Special Operations Executive and MI6. Tracing Napoleon's development as both a general and statesman, distinguished historian James Marshall-Cornwall brings to life the career of one of history's greatest military strategists. Focusing on the two decades during which Napoleon achieved his greatest triumphs and suffered his most heartbreaking defeats, this thoroughly researched study keenly analyzes how, like Oliver Cromwell, Napoleon combined strategy and statecraft throughout his career. From his most brilliant campaigns-in particular his conquest of Piedmont and his triumphant invasion of Italy-to the disasters at Trafalgar, in the Iberian Peninsula, in Russia, at Leipzig, and his final downfall at Waterloo, Napoleon as Military Commander tells the story of a general whose defeats were as remarkable as his victories.