David Gates for Arnold This book endeavours to give a real history of the wars without giving a history of the campaigns. He is rather patchy in this but sufficiently good to allow one to stand back and survey the scene. The economic warfare with Britain is separately charted, as is the analysis of why the French grew tired of Napoleon. The political and economic coverage is useful but I wonder at some of the analysis. Gates has a habit of deriding others without fully explaining why, which is not, of course, to say he is wrong. When Renaud Verlaque's Age of Napoleon comes out you will find this a useful tome. More Old Duffer's Book Corner (book reviews) Slim: The Standardbearer Troupes de Marine L'Armée de Napoleon III (2) La Bataille Sardinian Brigade Napoléon Et Ses Soldats (de Wagram A Waterloo) The Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815 Haig's Command Husaria: The Winged Horsemen A Close Run Thing Warfare in Atlantic Africa 1500-1800 The Holy Land The Little Bighorn Campaign The Napoleon Options Pallas Armata Marengo and Hohenlinden: Napoleon's Rise to Power Book Review. Back to Perfidious Albion #101 Table of Contents Back to Perfidious Albion List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by Charles and Teresa Vasey. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com