Alan Forrest
Auteur de Napoleon
A propos de l'auteur
Alan Forrest is Professor of History at the University of York.
Œuvres de Alan Forrest
Soldiers of the French Revolution (Bicentennial Reflections on the French Revolution) (1989) 19 exemplaires
The Bee and the Eagle: Napoleonic France and the End of the Holy Roman Empire (2008) — Directeur de publication — 9 exemplaires
Conscripts and Deserters: The Army and French Society During the Revolution and Empire (1989) 6 exemplaires
The death of the French Atlantic : trade, war, and slavery in the age of revolution (2020) 6 exemplaires
The Legacy of the French Revolutionary Wars: The Nation-in-Arms in French Republican Memory (2009) 5 exemplaires
The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars: Volume 3, Experience, Culture and Memory (2022) 5 exemplaires
Topological Invariants for Projection Method Patterns (Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society) (2002) 3 exemplaires
Napoleon. Viață, moștenire, imagine: o biografie 2 exemplaires
War, demobilization and memory : the legacy of war in the era of Atlantic revolutions (2016) 2 exemplaires
The Revolution in Provincial France: Aquitaine, 1789-1799 (International History Review) (1996) 2 exemplaires
PASSAGE TO THE CAPE 1 exemplaire
Waterloo: Great Battles 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Histoire de la Révolution française. Tome 1 : De la Bastille à la Gironde (1964) — Traducteur, quelques éditions — 24 exemplaires
La souffrance et la gloire. Le culte du martyre, de la Révolution à Verdun (2018) — Préface, quelques éditions — 2 exemplaires
Desperta Ferro Moderna. Waterloo 1815. — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Les brigands. Criminalité et protestation politique, 1750-1850 [Actes du colloque de Toulouse, [24-25] mai 20 07] (2013) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
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- Nom canonique
- Forrest, Alan
- Nom légal
- Forrest, Alan
- Date de naissance
- 1945
- Sexe
- male
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The rise of these types throughout history are interesting studies in how one individual can sway so many through personal traits and use of guile and focus. No doubt as illustrated in this book few could out do this man. And the tragedy as shown here is that it is founded on militarism and destruction. Yet so many followed willingly by the promise of glory and power and that says a lot about human nature.
The book is a fast paced overview of the rise to power and the turning point into decline and exile. Much focus is on the political gamesmanship that went on. Not as much coverage over the historic battles that led to his pinnacle of power and ultimate defeat.
The unnerving aspect on conclusion is that on death in exile and his triumphant return to France for enshrined burial he is once again raised to hero stature in the eyes of the French. A man who cost so many so much and the price paid in lives lost is a sad testimony indeed, and unfortunately we see this played out in political leadership to this day.… (plus d'informations)