Promotional Information

"Schneid increases his stature among the rising generation of U.S. historians of the Napoleonic Wars with this comprehensively researched and economically presented analysis of the War of the Third Coalition. Demonstrating command of a broad spectrum of sources, he smoothly integrates policy formation, diplomatic interaction, and military operations in a work meriting recognition as a standard introduction to the war that made Napoleon master of Europe." -- Dennis Showalter, Professor of History, Colorado College, author of The Wars of Frederick the Great and Tannenberg: Clash of Empires "An excellent synthesis, and unusual in that it deals in great detail with the factors leading to the formation of the Third Coalition against France (1803-1805) and the ensuing war. In some cases Schneid traces the diplomatic, economic, political, cultural and personal reasons leading to conflict back into the seventeenth century. The battles are crisply and accurately recounted--especially Austerlitz--giving special attention to Napoleon's enemies, which is lacking in most military histories." -- Owen Connelly, Professor of History, University of South Carolina, author of Blundering to Glory: Napoleon's Military Campaigns and Napoleon's Satellite Kingdoms

Table of Contents

Foreword Acknowledgments Campaign and Battle Maps One Napoleon Two France and Spain Three Spain, France, and War with England Four Napoleon and Germany, 1792-1803 Five Napoleon, Prussia, and German Politics, 1803-1805 Six Austria, Italy, and the Mediterranean Seven The Third Coalition Eight August-September 1805 Nine From the Rhine to the Inn Ten November 1805 Eleven Austerlitz, Pressburg, and Prussia Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Frederick C. Schneid is Professor of History at High Point University. He is the author of Napoleon's Italian Campaigns, 1805-1815 (Praeger, 2002) and Soldiers of Napoleon's Kingdom of Italy: Army, State and Society, 1800-1815 (1995). He serves on the board of directors of the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe and is southern regional director for the Society for Military History.

Reviews

"Schneid increases his stature among the rising generation of US historians of the Napoleonic Wars with this comprehensively researched and economically presented analysis of the War of the Third Coalition. Demonstrating command of a broad spectrum of sources, he smoothly integrates policy formation, diplomatic interaction, and military operations in a work meriting recognition as a standard introduction to the war that made Napoleon master of Europe." -- Dennis Showalter, Professor of History, Colorado College, author of The Wars of Frederick the Great and Tannenberg: Clash of Empires:"