This edited volume explores conscription in the Napoleonic era, tracing the roots of European conscription and exploring the many methods that states used to obtain the manpower they needed to prosecute their wars.
The levée-en-masse of the French Revolution has often been cited as a 'Revolution in Military Affairs', but was it truly a 'revolutionary' break with past European practices of raising armies, or an intensification of the scope and scale of practices already inherent in the European military system? This international collection of scholars demonstrate that European conscription has far deeper roots than has been previously acknowledged, and that its intensification during the Napoleonic era was more an 'evolutionary' than 'revolutionary' change.
This book will be of much interest to students of Military History, Strategic Studies, Strategic History and European History.
| ISBN: | 9780415349994 |
| Publication date: | 9th October 2008 |
| Author: | Donald J Stoker, Harold D Blanton, Frederick C Schneid |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 223 pages |
| Series: | Cass Military Studies |
| Genres: |
European history Military history Peace studies and conflict resolution Politics and government Warfare and defence |
This edited volume explores conscription in the Napoleonic era, tracing the roots of European conscription and exploring the many methods that states used to obtain the manpower they needed to prosecute their wars.
The levée-en-masse of the French Revolution has often been cited as a 'Revolution in Military Affairs', but was it truly a 'revolutionary' break with past European practices of raising armies, or an intensification of the scope and scale of practices already inherent in the European military system? This international collection of scholars demonstrate that European conscription has far deeper roots than has been previously acknowledged, and that its intensification during the Napoleonic era was more an 'evolutionary' than 'revolutionary' change.
This book will be of much interest to students of Military History, Strategic Studies, Strategic History and European History.
Conscription in the Napoleonic Era features in the following genres: European history, Military history, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Politics and government, Warfare and defence
Conscription in the Napoleonic Era is available in Hardback
Conscription in the Napoleonic Era was written by Donald J Stoker, Harold D Blanton, Frederick C Schneid and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Conscription in the Napoleonic Era has 223 pages
Yes it is part of Cass Military Studies series
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