Napoleon and the Struggle for Germany: Volume 1, The War of Liberation, Spring 1813

This is the first comprehensive history of the campaign that determined control of Germany following Napoleon''s catastrophic defeat in Russia. Michael V. Leggiere reveals how, in the spring of 1813, Prussia, the weakest of the great powers, led the struggle against Napoleon as a war of national liberation. Using German, French, British, Russian, Austrian and Swedish sources, he provides a panoram...