A lexander M ikaberidze . The Napoleonic Wars. A Global History

We don’t usually underestimate the impact of the Napoleonic Wars. In recent years in particular, the period from 1792 to 1815 has been the subject of a renewed focus on the transformative force of large-scale mass warfare as historians of all stripes have charted the upending of societal structures, the redrawing of political maps, the repercussions in culture and the arts, and the changes in the very concept of war itself. With few exceptions, however, historians have examined this disruption of established orders primarily within a European context. The great service of Alexander Mikaberidze’s deeply researched, massive tome The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History is to reveal the extent to which the power struggles among the European nations reverberated across the globe. If Napoleon’s expedition in Egypt and Syria in 1798–1801 is included in most accounts of the wars and, more infrequently, we may encounter a cursory treatment of the...

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