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"Introduction: The Prism of War". Empire of Chance: The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things, Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2015, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674425415-001

(2015). Introduction: The Prism of War. In Empire of Chance: The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things (pp. 1-9). Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674425415-001

2015. Introduction: The Prism of War. Empire of Chance: The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674425415-001

"Introduction: The Prism of War" In Empire of Chance: The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things, 1-9. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674425415-001

Introduction: The Prism of War. In: Empire of Chance: The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things. Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press; 2015. p.1-9. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674425415-001

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Frontmatter i
Contents ix
Introduction: The Prism of War 1
The Geometry of War: Siege Architecture and Narrative Form 10
State of War 1800: Topography and Chance 37
Modus Operandi: On Touch, Tact, and Tactics 69
Exercising Judgment: Technologies of Experience 103
Paper Empires: Military Cartography and the Management of Space 146
The Poetics of War: Cartography and the Realist Novel 184
Conclusion: The Disorder of Things 246
Notes 253
Acknowledgments 313
Index 317

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Frontmatter i
Contents ix
Introduction: The Prism of War 1
The Geometry of War: Siege Architecture and Narrative Form 10
State of War 1800: Topography and Chance 37
Modus Operandi: On Touch, Tact, and Tactics 69
Exercising Judgment: Technologies of Experience 103
Paper Empires: Military Cartography and the Management of Space 146
The Poetics of War: Cartography and the Realist Novel 184
Conclusion: The Disorder of Things 246
Notes 253
Acknowledgments 313
Index 317

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