Contents

Cover

Title Page

Maps

Select Glossary of Place-Names in the Former Polish Lands of the Russian Empire

Introductory Note

1  Caesar

2  Alexander

3  The Soul of Europe

4  The Drift to War

5  La Grande Armée

6  Confrontation

7  The Rubicon

8  Vilna

9  Courteous War

10  The Heart of Russia

11  Total War

12  Kutuzov

13  The Battle for Moscow

14  Hollow Triumph

15  Stalemate

16  The Distractions of Moscow

17  The March to Nowhere

18  Retreat

19  The Mirage of Smolensk

20  The End of the Army of Moscow

21  The Berezina

22  Empire of Death

23  The End of the Road

24  His Majesty’s Health

25  The Legend

Plates

Notes

Sources

Index

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Praise

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