The emperor on the battlefield : Napoleon's worth as a military commander /
Hauptbeschreibung This book seeks to explore two working hypotheses: Firstly, that Napoleon's alleged military superiority in terms of skill and battlefield competence over his peers can be empirically quantified and proven. Secondly, that the results of Napoleonic warfare can be predicted by a...
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| Ngôn ngữ: | Tiếng Anh |
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Hamburg :
Anchor Academic Pub.,
2013.
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=773059 |
Mục lục:
- The Emperor on the Battlefield; Table of Contents; Table of Figures; 1. Introduction; I Theory; 2. The Economy of Conflict
- The Second Approach; 3. Modelling Contest via the Contest Success Functions; II History; 4. The Essentials about Napoleonic Warfare; 5. The Data Set; III Modelling; 6. The Two Ways of Estimating a CSF; 7. Fitting the Ratio CSF via the Linear Probabilistic Model; 8. Fitting the Difference CSF via the Logit-Model; 9. Ratio Or Difference CSF?
- Comparing The Results; IV Résumé; 10. How much was Napoleon actually worth?; 11. Final Consideration and Summary; Bibliography.