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The Impact of Napoleon: Prussian High Politics, Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Executive, 1797–1806
Brendan Simms
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Description for The Impact of Napoleon: Prussian High Politics, Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Executive, 1797–1806
Hardback. An examination of Prussia's response to Napoleon and Napoleonic expansionism between 1797 and 1806. Num Pages: 408 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 713.
This book examines Prussia's response to Napoleon and Napoleonic expansionism in the years before the crushing defeats of Auerstadt and Jena, a period of German history as untypical as it was dramatic. Between the years 1797 and 1806 the main fear of Prussian statesmen was French power, rather than revolution from below. This threat spawned a foreign-policy debate characterised by geopolitical thinking: the belief that Prussian policy was conditioned by her unique geographic situation at the heart of Europe. The book breaks new ground both methodologically and empirically. By combining high-political and geopolitical analysis, it is able to present a ... Read more
This book examines Prussia's response to Napoleon and Napoleonic expansionism in the years before the crushing defeats of Auerstadt and Jena, a period of German history as untypical as it was dramatic. Between the years 1797 and 1806 the main fear of Prussian statesmen was French power, rather than revolution from below. This threat spawned a foreign-policy debate characterised by geopolitical thinking: the belief that Prussian policy was conditioned by her unique geographic situation at the heart of Europe. The book breaks new ground both methodologically and empirically. By combining high-political and geopolitical analysis, it is able to present a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521453608
SKU
V9780521453608
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Reviews for The Impact of Napoleon: Prussian High Politics, Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Executive, 1797–1806
' … a most valuable contribution to the field of Napoleonic studies, and to modern German history in English'. English Historical Review