ebooks Religious Revival in the Tibetan Borderlands: The Premi of Southwest China (Studies on Ethnic Groups in China) by Koen Wellens in History

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Napoleon's invasion of Russia occupied only six months; June to December 1812; but during that period nearly 500;000 men died. At the start Napoleon was at the height of his power; at the end at his nadir. Why did he invade Russia? Why; in spite of his early successes and the capture of Moscow; did he fail? Nigel Nicolson writes that he wanted to "...examine the story afresh; consider why one of the greatest commanders in history lost and one of its least gifted won; how Tolstoy misinterpreted the drama and how Hitler; 130 years later; failed to benefit from Napoleon's example ...and to consider in retrospect the folly and wastage of it all."