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[Anonymous No.10257822]

Is this big boy actually a good material regarding military history and tactics during the Napoleonic age? Or is it more focused on the relationships between lovers?

[Anonymous No.10257829]

in 1200 pages can't it be both?

[Anonymous No.10257830]

Read it as insight, but not as history.

[Anonymous No.10257833]

There is plenty about military tactics, all so he can argue at tedious length that they don’t mean shit.

[Anonymous No.10257875]

op, some day I’ll read that together with the book on Kubrick’s Napoleon (unfilmed)
I collect toy soldiers so it will be heaven
hope the best for you

[Anonymous No.10257890]

I’ll have to get the one-volume Kubrick
the original Kubrick book shot up in price
wanted to show you Kubrick’s notecards on every military move Napoleon made
Kubrick had drawer after drawer of them

[Anonymous No.10257929]

>>10257822
Start with the Greeks

[Anonymous No.10258133]

>>10257822
I'm almost finished with this and i'd say no. While Tolstoy does talk about various battles and a bit of tactics, Tolstoy's main focus when discussing the war is pointing out that historians were biased and created an inaccurate account of why the war occurred and inaccurately portrayed the motivations behind Napoleon's and Kutuzov's actions. That being said I think everyone should read this book. It doesn't just focus on the relationship between lovers, but covers the lives of several families throughout the wars and their relationship with one another.

[Anonymous No.10259279]

>>10257890
>I’ll have to get the one-volume Kubrick
Where do you buy that?

All I can find is used editions for several hundred to thousands of dollars and honestly that seems a bit much given what I usually pay for books

[Anonymous No.10259364]

>>10257833
>tedious
That's what your shitpost is. Neck yourself, brainlet cunt.

[Anonymous No.10259372]

>>10259364
I’m sorry, anon, I wouldn’t have posted it if I had known the upset it would cause you.

[Anonymous No.10259414]

>>10259279
Not him but it's not out yet

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stanley-Kubricks-Napoleon-Greatest-Movie/dp/3836568896/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1510498924&sr=1-1&keywords=kubrick+napoleon

[Anonymous No.10259424]

>>10259414
Ah thanks

[Anonymous No.10259449]

What's the best translation for W&P? Is this the one P&V actually did ok with?

[Anonymous No.10259552]

>>10259449
Maude

[Anonymous No.10259598]

>>10257822
this would be, although I haven't read it yet:
https://www.amazon.com/Tactics-Experience-Battle-Age-Napoleon/dp/0300082703

If you're interested in large scale tactics I'd recommend Campaigns of Napoleon - arguably the definitive book but a bit pedantic

This was also good but is less a book on tactics and more on the experience of war and events:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_1812:_Napoleon%27s_Fatal_March