NAPOLEON IN RUSSIA - The 1812 Campaign.,Alan Palmer, UK 2nd HBdj VG

Description: NAPOLEON IN RUSSIA - The 1812 Campaign. ALAN PALMER Constable, 2nd , HBdj, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2, 318 pages, illus, maps FOR NAPOLEON 1812 was the beginning of the end. The invasion of Russia, the stroke that was to be the crowning glory of his Empire, ended in disaster, defeat and humiliation. Tsar Alexander I, who only six months before had been an undisciplined ally, became the saviour of Europe, the vanquisher of the French. Later historians have judged the Russian expedition to be a monumental folly, doomed from its inception. It is Alan Palmer's thesis that Napoleon's defeat owed less to the commonly accepted factors — the vastness of the Tsar's Empire, the rigours of the Russian winter — than to the personalities involved. Napoleon was defeated because of the gulf between his conception of a quick war, decisively won, and the reality created by an enemy whose leadership vacillated and avoided action. ------------- With a brilliant use of sources (often hitherto neglected) and a gripping narrative power, this book follows, day by day, not only the development of the campaign, but also the Emperor's state of mind, his bad health and indecision, the quarrels of his marshals, the anxieties of his staff.Simultaneously the author traces the course of the retreating Russian armies and the bitter disputes between its commanders. As the story moves towards its climax among the flames of Moscow it is made abundantly clear that the great disaster was in fact the product of innumerable mistakes and omissions — Napoleon lost his army not by folly but by default, the Russians saved their country more by accident than by strategy. ******************************************************************** THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING WITH US - WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS. POSTAGE WILL BE COMBINED ON MULTIPLE ITEMS PURCHASED. PLEASE WAIT FOR ME TO SEND YOU AN INVOICE BEFORE PAYING - I MAY BE ABLE TO SAVE YOU POSTAGE. INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE NOTICE ! AS OF MAY 14th, 2007, THE US POSTAL SYSTEM HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED INTERNATIONAL MAIL RATES - ALL SURFACE MAIL HAS BEEN DROPPED, THERE WILL ONLY BE TWO CLASSES OF AIR MAIL= PRIORITY OR FIRST CLASS. Due to increasingly higher postal rates, and the many packages that seem to be lost on International Mail, we now only will ship internationally via E-Bay’s Global shipping program, which goes by courier services. Import duties, taxes, and charges are NOT INCLUDED in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding / buying. These charges are normally collected by the delivering freight (shipping) company or when you pick the item up. Do not confuse them for additional shipping charges. We do not mark merchandise values below value or mark items as "gifts". U.S. and International government regulations prohibit such behavior. ON PAPER BACK BOOKS & MAGAZINES, MANY TIMES WE CAN COMBINE SEVERAL BOOKS AND SAVE POSTAGE., If you have further questions - happy to answer them - please email us.Please browse our other items and bookmark our site - we constantly add new items. We pack your item extremely carefully so you will receive it in the best condition.This sometimes causes us to be a day or two late in processing orders if we have a good number of sales as we normally only drive to the Post Office on Monday, Wednesday & Friday. Please be patient- we aim to provide the best service we can. We have been in business 50 years. VINTAGE PAPERBACK BOOKS Please be aware that the binding glue in vintage paperbacks is likely to be much drier than newer books, and thus more fragile than more modern printings. Paper also can be sometimes somewhat brittle. All vintage paperbacks require proper & careful care in handling & reading or the spine glue will crack !!. SHIPPING TIMES WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST THESE NEW RATES WILL ACTUALLY BE, SO PLEASE BE PATIENT. WE ARE EXPERIENCING 2 – 6 WEEKS AS BEFORE DEPENDING ON THE CLASS OF AIR MAIL USED AND IF ITEM IS HELD UP IN CUSTOMS, BUT SOMETIMES FOR LONGER FOR NO KNOWN REASON. Shipments inside the US are also experiencing massive slowdowns, please be patient. Media Sometimes is taking 1 to 4 weeks with no rhyme or reason as to why. IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST THE TIMES STATED ABOVE. PLEASE DO NOT START ASKING WHERE IT IS IN A WEEK OR TWO AND ACCUSE ME OF NOT SENDING THE ITEM - SLOW DELIVERY TIMES BY THE POST OFFICE ARE NOT MY FAULT, PLEASE BE PREPARED TO WAIT THE AVERAGE TIMES I HAVE STATED. ( Due to be budget shortfalls and massive job cuts, and projected closing of many distribution centers, that are being implemented by the US Post Office - we are already seeing delivery times longer than was seen previously – please be patient ) WE HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 50 YEARS & WE KNOW BY BITTER EXPERIENCE JUST HOW SLOW THE MAIL CAN BE. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING . Bob Ruman

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