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Empire of Chance
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents ix
  3. Introduction: The Prism of War 1
  4. The Geometry of War: Siege Architecture and Narrative Form 10
  5. State of War 1800: Topography and Chance 37
  6. Modus Operandi: On Touch, Tact, and Tactics 69
  7. Exercising Judgment: Technologies of Experience 103
  8. Paper Empires: Military Cartography and the Management of Space 146
  9. The Poetics of War: Cartography and the Realist Novel 184
  10. Conclusion: The Disorder of Things 246
  11. Notes 253
  12. Acknowledgments 313
  13. Index 317
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674425415-008

Chapters in this book

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