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Author:

Forrest, Alan I.

Title:

The legacy of the French Revolutionary Wars : the nation-in-arms in French republican memory / Alan Forrest.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

vii, 276 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

France--Influence.--Revolution, 1789-1799--Influence.
France--History, Military.
France.--Armée--History.
War and society--France--History.
Civil-military relations--France--History.
Collective memory--France--History.
Political culture--France--History.
Republicanism--France--History.
Nationalism--France--History.
France--Intellectual life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-266) and index.

Contents:

Creating the legend -- Napoleon and the blurring of memory -- Voices from the past -- The hollow years -- The Franco-Prussian War -- The army of the Third Republic -- Educating the army -- Educating the republic -- The First World War -- Last stirrings.

Series:

Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare ; 29.

ISBN:

0521810620 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780521810623 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)297147085

LCCN:

2009011445

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)