Empire of chance : the Napoleonic Wars and the disorder of things /

"Empire of Chance examines the place of war in the history of knowledge. It argues that with the Napoleonic Wars, chance came to be installed as the basic operative principle of history. Attending to a vast array of fields and disciplines -- military theory, literature, philosophy, cartography,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Engberg-Pedersen, Anders
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Temas:
1789-1899
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
Chance.
Coincidence.
Military art and science > History > 19th century.
Guerres napoléoniennes, 1800-1815.
Hasard.
Art et science militaires > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Chance
Coincidence
Military art and science
Napoleonische Kriege
Militärwissenschaft
Operation > Militär
Europe > History > 1789-1815.
Europe > Histoire > 1789-1815.
Europe
Europa.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The geometry of war : siege architecture and narrative form
  • State of war 1800 : topography and chance
  • Modus operandi : on touch, tact, and tactics
  • Exercising judgment : technologies of experience
  • Paper empires : military cartography and the management of space
  • The poetics of war : cartography and the realist novel
  • Conclusion : the disorder of things.

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