| Soldiers of the French Revolution Contributor(s): Forrest, Alan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0822309351 ISBN-13: 9780822309352 Publisher: Duke University Press OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1989 Annotation: In this work Alan Forrest brings together some of the recent research on the Revolutionary army that has been undertaken on both sides of the Atlantic by younger historians, many of whom look to the influential work of Braudel for a model. Forrest places the armies of the Revolution in a broader social and political context by presenting the effects of war and militarization on French society and government in the Revolutionary period. Revolutionary idealists thought of the French soldier as a willing volunteer sacrificing himself for the principles of the Revolution; Forrest examines the convergence of these ideals with the ordinary, and often dreadful, experience of protracted warfare that the soldier endured. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - France |
| Dewey: 944.04 |
| LCCN: 89-35875 |
| Series: Bicentennial Reflections on the French Revolution |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.64" W x 8.99" (0.87 lbs) 244 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this work Alan Forrest brings together some of the recent research on the Revolutionary army that has been undertaken on both sides of the Atlantic by younger historians, many of whom look to the influential work of Braudel for a model. Forrest places the armies of the Revolution in a broader social and political context by presenting the effects of war and militarization on French society and government in the Revolutionary period. Revolutionary idealists thought of the French soldier as a willing volunteer sacrificing himself for the principles of the Revolution; Forrest examines the convergence of these ideals with the ordinary, and often dreadful, experience of protracted warfare that the soldier endured. |
