William S. Cormack

Revolution and Political Conflict in the French Navy 1789 1794

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of the navy in the French Revolution, revealing its crucial role in the political conflict.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 732g
• ISBN-13: 9780521472098
• ISBN-10: 0521472091
• Artikelnr.: 21572664

Inhaltsangabe

1. The French navy, the revolution and the historians
2. The French navy on the eve of revolution
3. The revolution begins: the Toulon Affair of 1789
4. Naval reorganisation and the mutiny at Brest, 1790-1
5. Bertrand de Moleville and the dissolution of the officer corps, 1791-2
6. Naval officers and the Jacobin Regime, 1792-3: the court martial of Captain Basterot
7. The Great Treason: the surrender of the Mediterranean fleet in 1793
8. Naval authority and the National Will: the Quiberon Mutiny of 1793
9. A navy for the Republic: Jeanbon Saint-André's missions to Brest and the Prairial Campaign, 1793-4
10. Conclusion: revolutionary politics and the French navy
Bibliography
Index.