From Valmy to Waterloo: France at War, 1792-1815 (War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850)

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
1 Battle Experience......Page 22
I The changing face of battle......Page 23
II Battle experience and individual identity......Page 29
III Modern war: site of mass mortality......Page 40
IV The enemy: perception, representation, and treatment......Page 45
V Conclusion......Page 53
2 The War at Sea......Page 54
I The French Navy in the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars......Page 56
II Dominance over the oceans, control of the trade routes: the war in the Mediterranean......Page 69
III The return of the privateers......Page 73
IV Conclusion......Page 80
3 The Body in War......Page 81
I From the body of the soldier to the body of the nation: war and the body politic......Page 82
II The human experience of wounds and illness in war......Page 89
III Healing mars: medical services and military medicine......Page 98
IV Conclusion......Page 106
4 Troop Morale and Military Unity......Page 108
I Troop morale: the historical and theoretical debate......Page 109
II The importance of the primary group and comradeship......Page 111
III Political ideology, patriotism: the role of values in troop morale......Page 116
IV The quality of leadership......Page 120
V The role of religion......Page 122
VI War as an individual experience: the role of self-concern in troop motivation......Page 124
VII External and material supports for troop morale: the example of alcohol......Page 126
VIII Conclusion......Page 129
5 From Individual Experience to Collective Identities......Page 130
1 Regional and local identity......Page 131
2 National identity......Page 135
II Cultural identity: membership of minority religions and secret fraternities......Page 143
III Military identity......Page 148
IV Conclusion......Page 154
6 War and the Economy......Page 156
I Agriculture......Page 157
II Commerce......Page 161
1 The Atlantic sector......Page 162
2 The Mediterranean sector......Page 167
3 Crisis and reorganization of maritime commerce......Page 172
III Industry......Page 178
IV Conclusion......Page 182
7 Civilians in the War......Page 184
I News of the war......Page 186
1 War at the centre of the public sphere......Page 189
2 The difficulties of everyday life: hardship, scarcity, and inflation......Page 195
3 Mobilization and the war effort......Page 201
III The war comes to France......Page 207
IV Conclusion......Page 216
Conclusion......Page 218
Notes......Page 227
Select Bibliography......Page 250
Index......Page 260