War in an Age of Revolution, 1775-1815 (Publications of the German Historical Institute) [Hardcover]

Roger Chickering (Editor), Stig Förster (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 8, 2010 | ISBN-10: 0521899966 | ISBN-13: 978-0521899963 | Edition: 1

This volume investigates a critical moment in the history of warfare. It assembles historians of the early modern and modern eras to speak to one another across the great historiographical divide that has traditionally separated them. The central questions in the volume have to do with the historical place of revolutionary warfare on both sides of the Atlantic - the degree to which they extended practices common in the eighteenth century or introduced fundamentally new forms of warfare. Among the topics covered in the volume are the global dimensions of warfare, logistics, universal military service and the mobilization of noncombattants, occupation, and the impact of war on civilian life in both Europe and North America.

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"An excellent historiographic review on the 'military revolution' of the early modern era, what it was and what its critics assert it was not, opens this collection." -Dieter K. Buse, Canadian Journal of History

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The essays in this volume examine the historical place of revolutionary warfare on both sides of the Atlantic, focusing on the degree to which they extended practices common in the eighteenth century or introduced fundamentally new forms of warfare.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 434 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (February 8, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521899966
• ISBN-13: 978-0521899963
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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