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Napoleon's Men

The Soldiers of the Revolution and Empire

By: Alan I. Forrest

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Napoleon's Men

The Soldiers of the Revolution and Empire

By: Alan I. Forrest

Napoleon's soldiers marched across Europe from Lisbon to Moscow, and from Germany to Dalmatia. Many of the men, mostly conscripted by ballot, had never before been beyond their native village. What did they make of their extraordinary experiences, fighting battles thousands of miles form home, foraging for provisions or garrisoning town in hostile countries? What was it like to be a soldier in the revolutionary and imperial armies? We know more about these men and their reactions to war than about the soldiers of any previous army in history, not just from official sources but from the large number of personal letters they wrote. Napoleon's Men provides a direct insight into the experiences and emotions of soldiers who risked their lives at Austerlitz, Wagram and Borodino. Not surprisingly, their minds often dwelt as much on what was happening at home, and on mundane questions of food and drink, as on Napoleon himself or the glory of France.

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A&C Black

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1852852690

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9781852852696

Waterloo

By: Alan I. Forrest

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Waterloo

By: Alan I. Forrest

The story of Waterloo, the battle that finally ended Napoleon's imperial dreams: how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean.

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Great Battles

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0199663254

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9780199663255

The Soldiers of the French Revolution

By: Alan I. Forrest

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The Soldiers of the French Revolution

By: Alan I. Forrest

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.

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Duke University Press

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0822309351

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9780822309352

The Revolution in Provincial France

Aquitaine, 1789-1799

By: Alan I. Forrest

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The Revolution in Provincial France

Aquitaine, 1789-1799

By: Alan I. Forrest

This book presents a provincial view of the French Revolution and assesses the experience of revolution across a broad swathe of southwestern France, in an area which increasingly looked to Bordeaux as its capital city. Here the Revolution was not simply a pale reflection of events in Paris. Local conflicts and personal rivalries are vital to our understanding of the shape of events in the region, as are contrasting traditions of religious affiliation, peasant radicalism, and obedience to the state. The book examines the Revolution within a thematic framework, and discusses such aspects as the growth of a local political culture, the incidence of rural insurrection, religious responses to the Revolution, the chequered appeal of federalism, and the uneven experience of Terror and political repression.

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Oxford University Press

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019820616X

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9780198206163

Conscripts and Deserters

The Army and French Society During the Revolution and Empire

By: Alan I. Forrest

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Conscripts and Deserters

The Army and French Society During the Revolution and Empire

By: Alan I. Forrest

Between the outbreak of war with Austria in 1792 and Napoleon's final debacle in 1814, France remained almost continously at war, recruiting in the process some two to three million frenchmen--a level of recruitment unknown to previous generations and widely resented as an attack on the liberties of rural communities. Forrest challenges the notion of a nation heroically rushing to arms by examining the massive rates of desertion and avoidance of service as well as their consequences on French society--on military campaigns and the morale of armies, on political opinion at home, on the social fabric of local villages, and on the Napoleonic dream of bringing about a coherent and centralized state.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195059379

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9780195059373

The Bee and the Eagle

Napoleonic France and the End of the Holy Roman Empire, 1806

By: Alan Forrest,Peter H. Wilson

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The Bee and the Eagle

Napoleonic France and the End of the Holy Roman Empire, 1806

By: Alan Forrest,Peter H. Wilson

This volume's juxtaposition of the empires of Germany and France in 1806, at the dissolution of The Holy Roman Empire, allows a comparison of their transition towards modernity, explored through the themes of Empire, monarchy, political cultures, feudalism, war and military institutions, nationalism and identity, and everyday experience.

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Springer

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0230236731

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9780230236738

Selling the Welfare State

The Privatisation of Public Housing

By: Ray Forrest,Alan Murie

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Selling the Welfare State

The Privatisation of Public Housing

By: Ray Forrest,Alan Murie

Originally published in 1988, this book offers the first comprehensive and critical analysis of the privatisation of public housing in Britain. It outlines the historical background to the growth of public housing and the developing political debatea surrounding its disposal. The main emphasis in the book, however, is on the ways in which privatisation in housing links to other key changes in British society. The long trend for British social housing to become a welfare housing sector is related to evidence of growing social polarisation and segregation. Within this overall context, the book explores the uneven spatial and social consequences of the policy.

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Routledge

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1317829344

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9781317829348

Waterloo

By: Alan I. Forrest

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Waterloo

By: Alan I. Forrest

The story of Waterloo, the battle that finally ended Napoleon's imperial dreams: how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean.

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Great Battles

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Napoleon's Men

Napoleon's Men

Waterloo

Waterloo

The Soldiers of the French Revolution

The Soldiers of the French Revolution

The Revolution in Provincial France

The Revolution in Provincial France

Conscripts and Deserters

Conscripts and Deserters

The Bee and the Eagle

The Bee and the Eagle

Selling the Welfare State

Selling the Welfare State

Waterloo

Waterloo

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