The Impact of Napoleon: Prussian High Politics, Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Executive, 1797-1806

by Brendan Simms

Book Overview

This book examines Prussia's response to Napoleon and Napoleonic expansionism in the years before the crushing defeats of Auerstadt and Jena, a period of German history as untypical as it was dramatic. Events are analyzed at the level of high politics, foreign policy and the reform of the executive. The book also addresses matters of general theoretical concern such as high politics, geopolitics and the primacy of foreign policy. In doing so it goes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521893852
• ISBN13: 9780521893855
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.1"