The soldiers of the French Revolution / Alan Forrest.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Forrest, Alan I.

Series:

Bicentennial reflections on the French Revolution.

Bicentennial reflections on the French Revolution

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France. Armée--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.

France.

Soldiers--France--History--18th century.

Soldiers.

France--History, Military--1789-1815.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 1990.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1. The revolution and its soldiers

2. Restructuring the armies

3. Recruiting the soldiers

4. Revolutionizing the soldiers

5. Providing for the soldiers

6. The soldiers and their world

7. The soldiers and the state

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [198]-210).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822398103

0822398109

OCLC:

1140000795