Contents

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