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Conscripts and Deserters: The Army and French Society During the Revolution and Empire

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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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Author of two books on the French Revolution

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"Fascinating and important."--Journal of Modern History "Poses a series of challenges to much traditional thinking about the impact of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars on French society."--French History "A much richer view of the relationship between central government and local population at a time when only a minority of Frenchmen consciously identified themselves as such rather than as members of local societies....An excellent example of the social dimension of political and military policies."--American Historical Review "A sophisticated product of the Richard Cobb school of history, exploiting an impressive array of original material collected in sixteen archives. Forrest writes in an imaginative and evocative style without slipping into hyperbole."--International History Review "Forrest's work is an informative and meticulously-documented study. It provides manyu new insights into the conditions of everyday life in the France of this era."--French Review "An important study of a major military institution."--Journal of Military History "A wealth of vivid particular incident which admirably conveys the strength of popular feeling against conscription, the misery which was so often the lot of conscripts and deserters alike, the brutality with which conscription was enforced and resistance to it suppressed....Immensely readable."--History "A detailed and sometimes fascinating account....Nicely written and thoroughly documented, this is virtually the only work on this subject in English."--CHOICE


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780195059373
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Height: 160 mm
  • No of Pages: 304
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 671 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0195059379
  • Publisher Date: 25 Jan 1990
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: The Army and French Society During the Revolution and Empire
  • Width: 236 mm


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