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Forging Napoleon's Grande Armée : motivation, military culture, and masculinity in the French army, 1800-1808
2012
Overview
The men who fought in Napoleons Grande Arme built a new empire that changed the world. Remarkably, the same men raised arms during the French Revolution for libert, galit, and fraternit. In just over a decade, these freedom fighters, who had once struggled to overthrow tyrants, rallied to the side of a man who wanted to dominate Europe. What was behind this drastic change of heart? In this ground-breaking study, Michael J. Hughes shows how Napoleonic military culture shaped the motivation of Napoleons soldiers. Relying on extensive archival research and blending cultural and military history, Hughes demonstrates that the Napoleonic regime incorporated elements from both the Old Regime and French Revolutionary military culture to craft a new military culture, characterized by loyalty to both Napoleon and the preservation of French hegemony in Europe. Underscoring this new, hybrid military culture were five sources of motivation: honor, patriotism, a martial and virile masculinity, devotion to Napoleon, and coercion. Forging Napoleon's Grande Arme vividly illustrates how this many-pronged culture gave Napoleons soldiers reasons to fight.
Publisher
New York University Press,NYU Press
Subject
/ Armies
/ France
/ France -- History, Military -- 1789-1815
/ France. Armée. Grande Armée -- History
/ France. Armée. Grande Armée -- Military life
/ HISTORY
/ Masculinity -- France -- History -- 19th century
/ Military
/ Military morale -- France -- History -- 19th century
/ Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
/ Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Military leadership
/ Sociology, Military -- France -- History -- 19th century
/ Soldiers
/ Soldiers -- Attitudes -- France -- History -- 19th century
ISBN
9780814737484, 081473748X, 9780814724118, 0814724116
