Rafe Blaufarb

The French army 1750-1820

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A thoroughly researched and clearly written account of the French military from the Revolution to the Restoration, exploring the evolving idea of merit

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 415g
• ISBN-13: 9781784993917
• ISBN-10: 1784993913
• Artikelnr.: 49020877

Autorenporträt

Rafe Blaufarb is Professor of History at Florida State University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 The merits of birth: lineage and professionalism in the Old
Regime 2 The meanings of merit in 1789 3 The death and rebirth of the
officer corps, 1789-92 4 Republican meritocracy in the nexus of war, civil
strife, and factionalism 5 The politics of professionalism during Thermidor
and the Directory, 1794-9 6 Napoleon's improbable synthesis: monarchy and
meritocracy in the reconstruction of the officer corps, 1799-1815
Conclusion Index