The French Theory of the Nation in Arms 1866-1939 / Richard D. Challener.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Challener, Richard D., author.

Series:

Columbia Studies in the Social Sciences ; 579

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1952]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Looks at the French thought on the nation in arms from the time when Napoleon III initiated military reform after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 until the outbreak of World War II.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction

I. The Influence of Sadowa and Sedan

II. The Politics of Conscription 1872-1914

III. 1914: The Economic Consequences of a Military Theory

IV. The Reorganization of the Nation in Arms, 1919-1928

V. The Organization of the Nation in Time of War, 1919-1928

VI. The Nation in Arms and the Coming of a Second World War

VII. 1940: The Consequences of a Theory

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89408-2

OCLC:

1100432126