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BL
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856843
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| Main Entry
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Fraser, Ronald,1930-2012.
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| Title & Author
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Napoleon's cursed war : : Spanish popular resistance in the Peninsular War, 1808-1814 /\ Ronald Fraser.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Verso,, 2008.
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xxxviii, 587 pages :: maps ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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1844670821
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: 9781844670826
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-574) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Spain and the French Connection --- 2. Preliminaries of War --- 3. The First Shots of the War --- 4. Declaration of War: The National Rising --- 5. New Self-Government: The Juntas --- 6. Early Victories and Defeats: Lessons of the Popular War --- 7. Soldiers at the Front and Rural Conflict in the Rear --- 8. Fatherland and Nation: A National Patriotic Government --- 9. Napoleon's 1808 Offensive --- 10. The Contagion of Defeat: Popular Revolts and Local Resistance --- 11. 1809 --- 12. Popular Territorial Liberation Struggles: Galicia and Cataluna --- 13. The Church at War --- 14. Origins of the Guerrilla --- 15. From the Battle of Talavera to the Suprema's Demise --- 16. 1810-1811 --- 17. The Invisible Army: Guerrilla Successes and Failures --- 18. 1812-1814 --- 19. Military Victory and Political Defeat.
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| Abstract
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In this definitive account of the Peninsular War (1808-14), Napoleon's six-year war against Spain, Ronald Fraser examines what led to the emperor's devastating defeat against the popular opposition -- the guerrillas -- and their British and Portuguese allies. As well as relating the histories of the great political and military figures of the war, Fraser brings to life the anonymous masses -- the artisans, peasants and women who fought, suffered and died -- and restores their role in this barbaric war to its rightful place while overturning the view that this was a straightforward military campaign. This vivid, meticulously researched book offers a distinct and profound vision of 'Napoleon's Vietnam' and shows the reality of the disasters of war: the suffering, discontents and social upheaval that accompanied the fighting. -- Book jacket.
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Peninsular War, 1807-1814.
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Napoleonkrigen 1800-1815-- Spanien.
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Spanischer Krieg-- (1807-1814)-- Widerstandsbewegung.
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Spanischer Unabhängigkeitskrieg
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Spanischer Unabhängigkeitskrieg.
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Widerstand.
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Widerstandsbewegung-- Spanischer Krieg (1807-1814)
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Spain, History, Napoleonic Conquest, 1808-1813.
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Spain.
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Spanien, historia, 1800-talet.
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| Dewey Classification
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940.2/740946
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| LC Classification
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DC231.F83 2008
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8,2ssgn
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NO 4930rvk
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NO 7640rvk
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