02773nam 2200541Ia 450 991078482780332120230405225550.01-280-60537-50-19-536312-4(CKB)1000000000409577(EBL)430847(OCoLC)252617847(SSID)ssj0000292484(PQKBManifestationID)11234708(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000292484(PQKBWorkID)10268950(PQKB)11323434(MiAaPQ)EBC430847(Au-PeEL)EBL430847(CaPaEBR)ebr10278077(CaONFJC)MIL60537(EXLCZ)99100000000040957719900319d1989 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierConscripts and deserters the army and French society during the Revolution and Empire /Alan ForrestNew York Oxford University Press19891 online resource (305 pages) illustrationsTranslation of: Déserteurs et insoumis sous la Révolution et l'Empire.0-19-505937-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; 1 The Problem and Its Context; 2 The Weight of Military Recruitment; 3 The Extent of Evasion; 4 The Roots of Resistance; 5 The Deserter and Civilian Society; 6 Desertion and Criminality; 7 Desertion and Counterrevolution; 8 Desertion and the French Armies; 9 The Build-up of State Repression; 10 Desertion, the State, and the People; Notes; Bibliography; IndexBetween 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.Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815DesertionsFranceFranceHistory, Military1789-1815Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815Desertions944.04Forrest Alan I139928MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784827803321Conscripts and deserters844760UNINA