1812: Napoleon's Russian Campaign

by Richard K. Riehn

The author, an editor of Campaigns Magazine for ten years, has written a groundbreaking new study of Napoleon's disasterous Russian campaign of 1812. In doing this, he has employed primary sources never before translated from the German and Russian. He points out the real reasons for Napoleon's defeat which had nothing to do with cold weather but rather were a complex combination of faulty logistics, bureaucratic mismanagement and Napoleon's own but uncharacteristic indecision and bad choices.

Genres: History, Military History, Nonfiction

540 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1990

Reviews

[Dean Marquis]

One of the best books, that I have read on the subject. It goes into a lot of detail that other books failed to do on Napoleons greatest blunder. The 1813 Campaign was lost because he was unable to follow up on his Victories. He had an inferiority in Cavalry due to his Campaign in Russia in 1812.

[Cal]

bonne livre et J'ai beaucoup appris

[Cws]

940.27Reh

[Allen]

Very detailed, lots of maps, 100 pages of appendices. My kind of history book. Almost time to reread it.