Empire of Chance : : The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things /

Empire of Chance : : The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things / / Anders Engberg-Pedersen.

Anders Engberg-Pedersen shows how the Napoleonic Wars inspired a new discourse on knowledge in the West. Soldiers returning from battle were forced to reconsider what it is possible to know and how decisions are made in a fog of imperfect knowledge. Chance no longer appeared exceptional but normativ...

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Empire of Chance : The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things / Anders Engberg-Pedersen.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Prism of War -- The Geometry of War: Siege Architecture and Narrative Form -- State of War 1800: Topography and Chance -- Modus Operandi: On Touch, Tact, and Tactics -- Exercising Judgment: Technologies of Experience -- Paper Empires: Military Cartography and the Management of Space -- The Poetics of War: Cartography and the Realist Novel -- Conclusion: The Disorder of Things -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
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Anders Engberg-Pedersen shows how the Napoleonic Wars inspired a new discourse on knowledge in the West. Soldiers returning from battle were forced to reconsider what it is possible to know and how decisions are made in a fog of imperfect knowledge. Chance no longer appeared exceptional but normative-a prism for understanding the modern world.
Issued also in print.
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Chance.
Coincidence.
Military art and science History 19th century.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
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Empire of Chance : The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things /
Frontmatter --
Contents --
Introduction: The Prism of War --
The Geometry of War: Siege Architecture and Narrative Form --
State of War 1800: Topography and Chance --
Modus Operandi: On Touch, Tact, and Tactics --
Exercising Judgment: Technologies of Experience --
Paper Empires: Military Cartography and the Management of Space --
The Poetics of War: Cartography and the Realist Novel --
Conclusion: The Disorder of Things --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Index
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title_alt Frontmatter --
Contents --
Introduction: The Prism of War --
The Geometry of War: Siege Architecture and Narrative Form --
State of War 1800: Topography and Chance --
Modus Operandi: On Touch, Tact, and Tactics --
Exercising Judgment: Technologies of Experience --
Paper Empires: Military Cartography and the Management of Space --
The Poetics of War: Cartography and the Realist Novel --
Conclusion: The Disorder of Things --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Index
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contents Frontmatter --
Contents --
Introduction: The Prism of War --
The Geometry of War: Siege Architecture and Narrative Form --
State of War 1800: Topography and Chance --
Modus Operandi: On Touch, Tact, and Tactics --
Exercising Judgment: Technologies of Experience --
Paper Empires: Military Cartography and the Management of Space --
The Poetics of War: Cartography and the Realist Novel --
Conclusion: The Disorder of Things --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Index
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