The French Revolutionary Wars (Essential Histories 7)

A brief overview of the battles fought in the period 1793-1802, including the First Italian Campaign, Egypt, the Second Italian Campaign and finishing with the Battle of Copenhagen.
 
Contents
– Introduction
– Chronology
– Background to war: Historic rivalries
– Warring sides: Opposing strengths
– Outbreak: A clash of ideologies
– The fighting : The first and second coalitions
– Portrait of a sailor: William Dillon – a midshipman in the Royal Navy
– The world around war: The impact of conflict
– Portrait of a civilian: Emma Hamilton – British Ambassadress at Naples
– How the war ended: Hohenlinden and Copenhagen
– Conclusion and consequences
 
Gregory Fremont-Barnes is the author of The French Revolutionary Wars (2001), The Peninsular War (2002), and The Fall of the French Empire, 1813-1815 (2002). He is currently co-editing the four-volume Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary War.