The Fatal Knot: The Guerrilla War in Navarre and the Defeat of Napoleon in SpainКНИГИ » ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ
Автор: John Lawrence Tone Название: The Fatal Knot: The Guerrilla War in Navarre and the Defeat of Napoleon in Spain Издательство: University North Carolina Press ISBN: 9780807857212 Язык: английский Год: 2005 Формат: pdf Размер: 12.7 Мб Кол-во страниц: 248
Описание: John Tone recounts the dramatic story of how, between 1808 and 1814, Spanish peasants created and sustained the world's first guerrilla insurgency movement, thereby playing a major role in Napoleon's defeat in the Peninsula War. Focusing on the army of Francisco Mina, Tone offers new insights into the origins, motives, and successes of these first guerrilla forces by interpreting the conflict from the long-ignored perspective of the guerrillas themselves.
Only months after Napoleon's invasion in 1807, Spain seemed ready to fall: its rulers were in prison or in exile, its armies were in complete disarray, and Madrid had been occupied. However, the Spanish people themselves, particularly the peasants of Navarre, proved unexpectedly resilient. In response to impending defeat, they formed makeshift governing juntas, raised new armies, and initiated a new kind of people's war of national liberation that came to be known as guerrilla warfare. Key to the peasants' success, says Tone, was the fact that they possessed both the material means and the motives to resist. The guerrillas were neither bandits nor selfless patriots but landowning peasants who fought to protect the old regime in Navarre and their established position within it.
Spanish Armies of the Napoleonic Wars Название: Spanish Armies of the Napoleonic Wars Автор: Otto von Pivka Издательство: Osprey Publishing Серия/номер в серии: Men at Arms/51 Год: 1975...
The Art of Warfare in the Age of Napoleon Автор: Rothenberg Gunther Erich Название: The Art of Warfare in the Age of Napoleon Издательство: Indiana University Press Год: 1981 Формат: pdf ...
Навигация
Вход на сайт
Реклама
The Fatal Knot: The Guerrilla War in Navarre and the Defeat of Napoleon in Spain 
