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Author Blaufarb, Rafe.

Title The French Army 1750-1820 / Rafe Blaufarb
Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 240 pages)
Summary This book examines the transformation of the French military profession during the momentous period that saw the death of royal absolutism, the rise and fall of successive revolutionary regimes, the consolidation of Napoleonic rule and the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy after the Empire’s final collapse. Crossing traditional chronological boundaries, it brings together periods in French history that are usually treated separately and challenges established views of change and continuity during the Age of Revolution. Based on a wealth of archival sources, this book is as much a social history of ideas like equality, talent, and merit as a military history
Analysis Directorial regime
French army
Napoleonic policies
Old Regime concept
Thermidoreans
military professionalism
officer corps
republican rule
revolutionary meritocracy
revolutionary military reforms
Subject France. Armée -- Officers -- History -- 18th century
France. Armée -- Officers -- History -- 19th century
SUBJECT France. Armée fast
Subject Sociology, Military -- France
Armed Forces -- Officers
Sociology, Military
France
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781526158918
1526158914