Military Experience in the Age of Reason

ISBN-13: 9780710210241 / Angielski / Twarda / 1987 / 356 str.

Christopher Duffy;Christopher Duffy

Opis

What was war like in the Age of Reason, for those who fought in it? Duffy answers this question using research from archives, notebooks, letters, diaries and memoirs.

Recenzje

`It is very much the sort of thing that one hoped someone would write about armies in the Age of Reason; and now it is a matter of great pleasure that it has not only been done, but also done so superlatively well.' - Army Historical Research Society

`Christopher Duffy is a wonderful writer who combines scholarship, depth and polish. The Social detail is astonishing, and his stiffly titled Military Experience in the Age of Reason will have a wide readership outside the regimental library. No one involved with the period, whether novelist, film maker, politician, or indeed psychologist, should fail to consult it ' - Country Life

Spis treści

Part 1 The armies of the Enlightenment 1 Military Europe 2 The officer class 3 The private soldier 4 Generals and armies Part II War II, 5 The campaign 6 The battle 7 On the wilder fringes 8 The march of the siege Part III The military experience in context and perspective 9 Land war and the experience of civilian society 10 The death of a memory 11 Summary and conclusions, Appendix Principal wars and campaigns

O autorze

Christopher Duffy