The People in Arms : Military Myth and National Mobilization since the French Revolution
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'This collection is highly recommended as a significant contribution to the intellectual, military and political history of war.' The European Legacy
'All contributors make good use of visual evidence, while the editors offer stimulating introductory and concluding thoughts.' History
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Concerned with the mass mobilization of society for war, this study starts with the French levée en masse of 1793. It replaced former theories and regulations concerning the obligation of military service with a universal concept more encompassing in its moral claims than any that had prevailed under the Old Regime. These papers analyze and compare episodes (in which the distinctive ideological configuration that the original levée typified plays a leading role).
The People in Arms: Military Myth and National Mobilization since the French Revolution,Daniel Moran,Arthur Waldron,Cambridge University Press,0521814324,19th century,20th century,Anthropology - Cultural,Armed Forces,Congresses,Draft,Europe - France,History,History - General History,History: World,Mobilization,Renaissance,Revolutionary,France,History / Renaissance,Social history,Theory of warfare & military science,World history: c 1750 to c 1900,World history: from c 1900 -
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