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OverviewDrawing on a wide range of primary sources, this volume argues that although the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars are often understood as laying the foundations for total war, many eyewitnesses continued to draw upon older interpretative frameworks to make sense of the armed struggle and attendant political and social upheaval. Full Product DetailsAuthor: L. JamesPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 4.728kg ISBN: 9780230249172ISBN 10: 0230249175 Pages: 281 Publication Date: 31 October 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic era, as well as warfare in general, by providing the first systematic analysis of eyewitness accounts from soldiers and civilians in German-speaking central Europe between 1792 and 1815. - Peter H. Wilson, University of Hull, UK Author InformationLeighton S. James is Lecturer in European History at the University of Swansea, UK. His research interests include military-civilian relations, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, labour history and social history. He has previously worked on the history of south Wales and Ruhr coalfields. He is the author of The Politics of Identity and Civil Society in Britain and Germany: The Miners in the Ruhr and South Wales, 1890-1926. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |