In this Book
- The Military Enlightenment: War and Culture in the French Empire from Louis XIV to Napoleon
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: Cornell University Press
summary
The Military Enlightenment brings to light a radically new narrative both on the Enlightenment and the French armed forces from Louis XIV to Napoleon. Christy Pichichero makes a striking discovery: the Geneva Conventions, post-traumatic stress disorder, the military "band of brothers," and soldierly heroism all found their antecedents in the eighteenth-century French armed forces.
Readers of The Military Enlightenment will be startled to learn of the many ways in which French military officers, administrators, and medical personnel advanced ideas of human and political rights, military psychology, and social justice.
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Additional Information
ISBN
9781501709654
Related ISBN(s)
9781501709296, 9781501712296, 9781501752063
MARC Record
OCLC
973222719
Pages
318
Launched on MUSE
2018-01-03
Language
English
Open Access
No