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OverviewA dedicated career soldier and excellent division and corps commander, Dominique Vandamme was a thorn in the side of practically every officer he served. Outspoken to a fault, he even criticized Napoleon, whom he never forgave for not appointing him marshal. His military prowess so impressed the emperor, however, that he returned Vandamme to command time and again.In this first book-length study of Vandamme in English, John G. Gallaher traces the career of one of Napoleon's most successful midrank officers. He describes Vandamme's rise from a provincial youth with neither fortune nor influence to an officer of the highest rank in the French army. Gallaher thus offers a rare look at a Napoleonic general who served for twenty-five years during the wars of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Empire. This was a time when a general could lose his head if he lost a battle. Despite Vandamme's contentious nature, Gallaher shows, Napoleon needed his skills as a commander, and Vandamme needed Napoleon to further his career. Gallaher draws on a wealth of archival sources in France - notably the Vandamme Papers in Lille - to draw a full portrait of the general. He also reveals new information on such military events as the Silesian campaign of 1807 and the disaster at Kulm in 1813. Gallaher presents Vandamme in the context of the Napoleonic command system, revealing how he related to both subordinates and superiors. Napoleon's Enfant Terrible depicts an officer who was his own worst enemy but who was instrumental in winning an empire. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John G. GallaherPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press Volume: 15 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.648kg ISBN: 9780806138756ISBN 10: 0806138750 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 30 May 2008 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews"""[Napoleon's Enfant Terrible] is accessible to both the scholar and the merely interested reader. Never losing sight of his subject, [Gallaher] deftly interweaves the larger picture into his narrative about one of Napoleon's (up until this point) lesser-known generals. . . . This work is a great success and adds to the historiography of this era.""--Journal of Military History" [Napoleon's Enfant Terrible] is accessible to both the scholar and the merely interested reader. Never losing sight of his subject, [Gallaher] deftly interweaves the larger picture into his narrative about one of Napoleon's (up until this point) lesser-known generals. . . . This work is a great success and adds to the historiography of this era. --Journal of Military History Author InformationJohn G. Gallaher is Professor Emeritus of History at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, and author of Napoleon's Irish Legion, The Iron Marshall: A Biography of Louis N. Davout, and General Alexandre Dumas: Soldier of the French Revolution. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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