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The Spanish ulcer : a history of the Peninsular War
- Title
- The Spanish ulcer : a history of the Peninsular War / David Gates.
- Author
- Gates, David.
- Publication
- New York : Norton, 1986.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | DC231 .G27 1986 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 557 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 25 cm
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [541]-548.
- Contents
- pt. 1. Introduction: The origins of the Peninsular War. The Iberian theatre -- pt. 2. Reaping the whirlwind: The Spanish in revolt. The intractable north. Britain intervenes. The French resurgent. The British campaign in Spain, 1808-9. Victor on the Guadiana. The return to Saragossa -- pt. 3. Guerre à outrance: Soult's invasion of Portugal, Spring 1809. A crisis in the north-west. A tale of two cities. The Talavera campaign. The junta's autumn offensive, 1809 -- pt. 4. Castles in Spain: Massena's invasion of Portugal, 1810-11. The harassed vistory : Soult in Andalusia. The war in the west and south, 1810-1811. Defiant Catalonia, December 1809-10. Political, economic and military undercurrents, c1810-12 -- pt. 5. The turning of the tide: Suchet invades Valencia. Forcing Spain's gates. The Salamanca campaign. Madrid and Moscow -- pt. 6. The advance to the Pyrenees, 1813. The repercussions of Vitoria : the collapse in the south-east. The "Battle of the Pyrenees". Twilight. The last days.
- ISBN
- 0393022811
- 9780393022810
- LCCN
- 85013807
- OCLC
- ocm12215972
- 12215972
- SCSB-14637923
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library