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Napoleon and the Art of Diplomacy : How War and Hubris Determined the Rise and Fall of the French Empire, Hardback Book

Napoleon and the Art of Diplomacy : How War and Hubris Determined the Rise and Fall of the French Empire Hardback

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A small library could be stocked with books written about Napoleon the general, whose battles and campaigns have been studied extensively.

Warriors, however, are not generally known for their diplomatic skills and Napoleon Bonaparte is no exception.

After all, conquerors are accustomed to imposing rather than negotiating terms.

For Napoleon, however, the arts of war and diplomacy meshed.

Napoleon was often as brilliant and successful at diplomacy as he was at war, although at times he could also be as disastrous at the diplomatic table as he was on his final battlefield.

William R. Nester’s Napoleon and the Art of Diplomacy: How War and Hubris Determined the Rise and Fall of the French Empire is the first comprehensive exploration of Napoleon the diplomat and how his abilities in that arena shaped his military campaigns and the rise and fall of the French empire. Although not always at war, Napoleon incessantly practised diplomacy on a steady stream of international issues.

Some of his noteworthy achievements in this arena included his 1797 Treaty of Campo Formio with the Austrians after he defeated them in the Italian campaign; the 1807 Treaty of Tilsit, when he incorporated Tsar Alexander of Russia as his junior partner while France was still at war with Britain; and, the 1812 Conference of Dresden, where the crowned heads of Europe allied with France and opened his massive (and disastrous) invasion of Russia. Nester’s masterfully researched and written book fills a gaping hole in Napoleonic literature by providing a vital and heretofore neglected dimension that allows readers to fully understand one of history’s most intriguing, complex, and powerful leaders.

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