Empire of Chance: The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674967649ISBN-10:067496764XUPC:9780674967649Book Category:History, Literary Criticism, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Modern, Comparative Literature, EpistemologyBook Topic:19th CenturySize:10.00 x 5.70 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SC1EQPGAB9
Empire of Chance: The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things
Napoleon's campaigns were the most complex military undertakings in history before the nineteenth century. But the defining battles of Austerlitz, Borodino, and Waterloo changed more than the nature of warfare. Concepts of chance, contingency, and probability became permanent fixtures in the West's understanding of how the world works. Empire of Chance examines anew the place of war in the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674967649ISBN-10:067496764XUPC:9780674967649Book Category:History, Literary Criticism, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Modern, Comparative Literature, EpistemologyBook Topic:19th CenturySize:10.00 x 5.70 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SC1EQPGAB9
Engberg-Pedersen, Anders: - Anders Engberg-Pedersen is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature in the Department for the Study of Culture at the University of Southern Denmark.
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