Austerlitz, Wagram, Borodino, Trafalgar, Leipzig, Waterloo: these
are the places most closely associated with the Napoleonic Wars.
But how did this period of nearly continuous warfare affect the
world beyond Europe? The immensity of the fighting waged by France
against England, Prussia, Austria, and Russia, and the immediate
consequences of the tremors that spread from France as a result,
overshadow the profound repercussions that the Napoleonic Wars had
throughout the world. In this far-ranging work, Alexander
Mikaberidze argues that the Napoleonic Wars can only be fully
understood with an international context in mind. France struggled
for dominance not only on the plains of Europe but also in the
Americas, West and South Africa, Ottoman Empire, Iran, India,
Indonesia, the Philippines, Mediterranean Sea, and the Atlantic and
Indian Oceans. Taking specific regions in turn, Mikaberidze
discusses major political-military events around the world and
situates geopolitical decision-making within its long- and
short-term contexts. From the British expeditions to Argentina and
South Africa to the Franco-Russian maneuvering in the Ottoman
Empire, the effects of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars
would shape international affairs well into the next century. In
Egypt, the Wars led to the rise of Mehmed Ali and the emergence of
a powerful Egyptian state; in North America, the period transformed
and enlarged the newly established United States; and in South
America, the Spanish colonial empire witnessed the start of
national-liberation movements that ultimately ended imperial
control. Skillfully narrated and deeply researched, here at last is
the complete global story of the period, one that expands our
contemporary view of the Napoleonic Wars and their role in laying
the foundations of the modern world.
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