War in an age of revolution, 1775-1815 / edited by Roger Chickering, Stig Förster.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chickering, Roger, 1942-

Förster, Stig.

Series:

Publications of the German Historical Institute

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military art and science--History--18th century.

Military art and science.

Military art and science--History--19th century.

History.

Revolutions--History--18th century.

Revolutions.

Revolutions--History--19th century.

War and society.

Europe--History, Military--1789-1815.

Europe.

History, Military.

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

United States.

United States--History--War of 1812.

War and society--Europe--History.

War and society--North America--History.

North America.

Physical Description:

xii, 422 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : German Historical Institute ; [New York] : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Summary:

"This volume investigates a critical moment in the history of warfare. It assembles historians of the early modern and modern eras to speak to one another across the great historiographical divide that has traditionally separated them. The central questions in the volume have to do with the historical place of revolutionary warfare on both sides of the Atlantic--the degree to which they extended practices common in the eighteenth century or introduced fundamentally new forms of warfare. Among the topics covered in the volume are the global dimensions of warfare, logistics, universal military service and the mobilization of noncombatants, occupation, and the impact of war on civilian life in both Europe and North America"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: A tale of two tales : grand narratives of war in the age of revolution / Roger Chickering

pt. 1. Perspectives on a military history of the revolutionary era

What constituted the military revolution of the early modern period? / Azar Gat

Guibert : prophet of total war? / Beatrice Heuser

Innovation or evolution? : the French wars in military history / Ute Planert

Reluctant reformers, observant disciples : the Prussian military reforms, 1807-1814 / Dierk Walter

The first world war : global dimensions of warfare in the age of revolutions, 1775-1815 / Stig Förster

"The most terrible world war" : Friedrich Gentz and the lessons of revolutionary war / Günther Kronenbitter

pt. 2. The growing dimensions of battle

The Native American way of war in the age of revolutions, 1754-1814 / Timothy J. Shannon

The American militias : "the garnish of a table?" / Matthew C. Ward

The logistics of revolutionary war in France / Alan Forrest

Revolt and repression in Napoleonic Italy, 1796-1814 / Michael Broers

Naval power in the revolutionary era / Jeremy Black

Partisan warfare in Spain and total war / John Lawrence Tone

pt. 3. Civil Institutions and the growing scope of war

Where have all the people gone? : reflections on popular political mobilization on the eve of American independence / T.H. Breen

Achilles' heel : slavery and war in the American Revolution / Jörg Nagler

Revolutionary France and the meanings of levée en masse / Wolfgang Kruse

Religion in a time of war : the case of lower Alsace, 1789-1794 / Donatus Düsterhaus

The military and masculinity : gendering the history of the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, 1792-1815 / Karen Hagemann

A tale of two cities : Washington and Baltimore during the War of 1812 / Marion Breunig

Lost neutrality and economic warfare : Napoleonic warfare in northern Europe, 1795-1815 / Katharine Aalestad

War and everyday life in Britain / Mary A. Favret.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521899963

0521899966

OCLC:

429025603

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