The Legacy of the French Revolutionary Wars: The Nation-in-arms in French Republican Memory
- ISBN-10
- 051172912X
- ISBN-13
- 9780511729126
- Category
- Civil-military relations
- Pages
- 287
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-05-14
- Author
- Alan I. Forrest
Description
This book, first published in 2009, studies the French republican myth that the nation can be adequately defended only by its own citizens.
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- Cambridge University Press
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