Título: The Coalitions Against Napoleon
Autor: William Nester
Sinopse: Britain alone could not hope to defeat the might of Napoleonic France which, through enforced conscription, had become a nation in arms. But British leaders had a long history of forging alliances to counter their rivals and when revolution ravaged France in 1793 and a levée en masse raised a huge patriotic army, it was through a coalition of monarchies that French ambitions were restrained a coalition made possible by British gold and British industry. When Napoleon seized the reins of power in France, he too introduced conscription and, once again, it was a succession of British led and funded coalitions which eventually brought Napoleon to his knees. During the years 1793 to 1815, the British Government formed and underwrote seven coalitions that cost Britain £1,657,854,518 as the national debt tripled from £290,000,000 to £860,000,00. Of that, British subsidies to around thirty allies amounted to £65,830,228, along with staggering amounts of war supplies mass produced by British factories and shipped to allies. Britains leading role in Europe did not end with Waterloo. Immediately following the Sixth Coalition, and amidst the Seventh Coalition, Britain constructed, with the other great powers, a security system of cooperation and consultation called the Concert of Europe that prevented a serious war among them for two generations. Britains power to underwrite those coalitions came from a related series of revolutions agrarian, mercantile, financial, technological, manufacturing, cultural, and political that developed over the proceeding century. For many reasons that happened in Britain and not elsewhere. Of them, cultural values may be most crucial. Constraints were fewer and incentives greater for enterprising Britons to invest, invent, buy, and sell in ways that enriched themselves and their nation more than elsewhere. During the eighteenth century, Britains leaders mastered a virtuous power cycle of victorious wars, expanding production, captured territories and markets, and more income. During a speech before Congress in December 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called on Americans to be an arsenal of democracy to aid Britain and other countries threatened by the imperialistic fascist powers. Britain played exactly the same role during the Napoleonic era. The Coalitions Against Napoleon explores how Britain developed and asserted the financial, manufacturing, and military power to achieve that goal.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “The Coalitions Against Napoleon”, de William Nester, publicado pela editora Frontline Books, em 2023 e com 347 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Frontline Books
Páginas: 347
Ano: 2023
Edição:
Linguagem: eng
ISBN: 1399043048
ISBN13: 9781399043045
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Frontline Books trazem relatos detalhados e narrativas densas sobre eventos militares e históricos, com ênfase em experiências pessoais e estratégias de guerra. A leitura costuma ser marcada por um tom analítico e descritivo, que revela tanto o contexto político quanto as táticas específicas envolvidas, muitas vezes a partir de memórias ou estudos aprofundados. O catálogo sugere uma predileção por temas da Segunda Guerra Mundial e conflitos relacionados, explorados com rigor documental e foco em personagens centrais, como comandantes e figuras-chave. Há também obras que abordam episódios menos conhecidos ou perspectivas pouco divulgadas, o que amplia o espectro histórico apresentado.
