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In this definitive account of the Peninsular War (1808'14), Napoleon's six-yearwar against Spain, Ronald Fraser examines what led to the emperor'sdevastating defeat against the popular opposition '” the guerrillas '”and their British and Portuguese allies. As well as relating thehistories of the great political and military figures of the war,Fraser brings to life the anonymous masses '” the artisans, peasants andwomen who fought, suffered and died '” and restores their role in thisbarbaric war to its rightful place while overturning the view that thiswas a straightforward military campaign. This vivid, meticulouslyresearched book offers a distinct and profound vision of 'œNapoleon'sVietnam' and shows the reality of the disasters of war: the suffering,discontents and social upheaval that accompanied the fighting.

Ronald Fraser is the leading oral historian of twentieth-century Spain. He is the author of several books, including In Hiding, In Search of a Past, Blood of Spain and Napoleon’s Cursed War.

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Prologue	p. xv
Maps	p. xxxvix
Glossary	p. xlvii
Chronology	p. 1
Spain and the French Connection	p. 7
Preliminaries of War	p. 27
The First Shots of the War	p. 56
Declaration of War: The National Rising	p. 82
New Self-Government: The Juntas	p. 124
Early Victories and Defeats: Lessons of the Popular War	p. 154
Soldiers at the Front and Rural Conflict in the Rear	p. 178
Fatherland and Nation: A National Patriotic Government	p. 189
Napoleon's 1808 Offensive	p. 210
The Contagion of Defeat: Popular Revolts and Local Resistance	p. 234
1809	p. 250
Popular Territorial Liberation Struggles: Galicia and Cataluna	p. 284
The Church at War	p. 316
Origins of the Guerrilla	p. 335
From the Battle of Talavera to the Suprema's Demise	p. 348
1810-1811	p. 364
The Invisible Army: Guerrilla Successes and Failures	p. 390
1812-1814	p. 432
Military Victory and Political Defeat	p. 464
Epilogue	p. 482
Appendix 1	p. 485
Appendix 2	p. 490
Appendix 3	p. 492
Appendix 4	p. 497
Appendix 5	p. 513
Notes	p. 522
Bibliography	p. 561
Index	p. 575
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