European Armies Of The French Revolution 1789 1802

Author : Frederick C. Schneid
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806153121
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book European Armies of the French Revolution, 1789–1802 written by Frederick C. Schneid and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upon France’s defeat of the vaunted Prussian army at the Battle of Valmy in 1792, German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe remarked, “From this place and from this day forth commences a new era in the world’s history.” The pronouncement proved prescient, for this first major victory emboldened France’s revolutionary government to end the monarchy and establish the first French Republic—with dramatic consequences for the wars that soon roiled the continent. In nine essays by leading scholars, European Armies of the French Revolution, 1789–1802 provides an authoritative, continent-wide analysis of the organization and constitution of these armies, the challenges they faced, and the impact they had on the French Revolutionary Wars and on European military practices. The volume opens with editor Frederick C. Schneid’s substantial introduction, which reviews the strategies and policies of each participating state throughout the wars, establishing a clear context for the essays that follow. Drawing on the latest research and thought, each contributor focuses on the army of a particular power: France, Prussia, Austria, Russia, Britain, Spain, the German principalities, the Italian states, and the Ottoman Empire. Their essays examine the system, tactics, operations, and strategies that each army adopted and developed in the Revolutionary Wars. The authors explore the conflicts’ wider influence on these policies and practices, along with significant battles and actions. Unique in its approach and reach, this volume offers a thorough and closely observed view of the composition, scope, and purpose of the European armies at the turn of the nineteenth century. It enhances and extends our insights into how the military powers of the post–French Revolutionary era—and thus, the era itself—took shape.

Author : Philip J. Haythornthwaite
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781854094452
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uniforms of the French Revolutionary Wars, 1789-1802 written by Philip J. Haythornthwaite and published by Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1998-05-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the conscripts of Republican France wore rags, many of the Revolutionary soldiers who set about changing the world often had elaborate uniforms. 64 full-color and 6 black-and-white plates examine military dress from some 23 armies, inducting ones from little-known campaigns. More than just a look at costume, this history describes the campaigns and causes of the French Revolutionary Wars, the military organization of the period, the changes and innovations that resulted from experience and expediency. But the focus never strays far from the development of military dress. The uniforms range from ones used by the scarecrow volunteers and immaculate regulars of the French army of 1792-93, through the kaleidoscopic costumes of the French in Egypt. The extensive supporting text describes over 150 uniforms in detail.

Author : Mike Rapport
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191642517
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Napoleonic Wars: A Very Short Introduction written by Mike Rapport and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Napoleonic Wars have an important place in the history of Europe, leaving their mark on European and world societies in a variety of ways. In many European countries they provided the stimulus for radical social and political change - particularly in Spain, Germany, and Italy - and are frequently viewed in these places as the starting point of their modern histories. In this Very Short Introduction, Mike Rapport provides a brief outline of the wars, introducing the tactics, strategies, and weaponry of the time. Presented in three parts, he considers the origins and course of the wars, the ways and means in which it was fought, and the social and political legacy it has left to the world today. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : T. C. W. Blanning
Publisher : Hodder Education
ISBN 13 : 9780340569115
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The French Revolutionary Wars, 1787-1802 written by T. C. W. Blanning and published by Hodder Education. This book was released on 1996 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The military and political progress of the [French] revolutionary armies is narrated and analysed in this ... study, with special attention paid to the legacy of the old regime, the remarkable resilience displayed by the old regime powers, the reasons for the revolutionaries' success on land -- and the reasons for their failure at sea. The revolutionary wars brought France hegemony in Europe but at a terrible cost. Inside the country, the war brought the end of pluralism, the destruction of the monarchy, civil war and the terror, paving the way for military dictatorship and burdening the country with an enduring legacy of political instability. This interaction between events at the front and at home is discussed in full. Special attention is also paid to the devastation inflicted by the revolutionary armies as they rampaged across the continent, together with the nationalist resistance movements they provoked"--Page 4 of cover.

Author : Gregory Fremont-Barnes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472809939
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The French Revolutionary Wars written by Gregory Fremont-Barnes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Europe's great powers formed two powerful coalitions against France, yet force of numbers, superior leadership and the patriotic fervour of France's citizen-soldiers not only defeated each in turn, but closed the era of small, professional armies fighting for limited political objectives. This period produced commanders whose names remain a by-word for excellence in leadership to this day, Napoleon and Nelson. From Italy to Egypt Napoleon demonstrated his strategic genius and mastery of tactics in battles including Rivoli, the Pyramids and Marengo. Nelson's spectacular sea victories at the Nile and Copenhagen were foretastes of a century of British naval supremacy.

Author : T.C.W. Blanning
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317872320
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origins of the French Revolutionary Wars written by T.C.W. Blanning and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major synthesis of current research on the three wars fought by France during the Revolution - against Austria and Prussia; Britain, Spain and the United Provinces; and against the Second Coalition. contains analysis of the theories of war including Clausewitz, and the role of ideology

Author : T. C. W. Blanning
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The French Revolutionary Wars, 1787-1902 written by T. C. W. Blanning and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Terry Crowdy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782000232
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book French Revolutionary Infantry 1789–1802 written by Terry Crowdy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The years immediately following the French Revolution of 1789 saw an extraordinary transformation of the French army. From a distrusted instrument of the feudal power of the king and nobility, it became the symbol of liberty and citizenship. The transition was complex and painful, as the remnants of the old professional army were joined by a flood of civilian volunteers and conscripts, of whom even the best were short of everything except republican fervour. This book describes the stages of the rebirth that produced an army capable of beating off half the monarchies of Europe, thus laying the foundations for Napoleon's unique victories ten years later.

Author : Terry Crowdy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780969767
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book French Revolutionary Infantry 1789–1802 written by Terry Crowdy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The years immediately following the French Revolution of 1789 saw an extraordinary transformation of the French army. From a distrusted instrument of the feudal power of the king and nobility, it became the symbol of liberty and citizenship. The transition was complex and painful, as the remnants of the old professional army were joined by a flood of civilian volunteers and conscripts, of whom even the best were short of everything except republican fervour. This book describes the stages of the rebirth that produced an army capable of beating off half the monarchies of Europe, thus laying the foundations for Napoleon's unique victories ten years later.

Author : Alan I. Forrest
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822309352
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Soldiers of the French Revolution written by Alan I. Forrest and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.