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Forging Napoleon`s Grande Armée – Motivation, Military Culture, and Masculinity in the French Army, 1800–1808 de Michael J. Hughes

Forging Napoleon`s Grande Armée – Motivation, Military Culture, and Masculinity in the French Army, 1800–1808: Warfare and Culture

Autor Michael J. Hughes
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 6 mai 2012
The men who fought in Napoleon’s Grande Armée built a new empire that changed the world. Remarkably, the same men raised arms during the French Revolution for liberté, égalité, and fraternité. 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 Napoleon’s 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: honour, patriotism, a martial and virile masculinity, devotion to Napoleon, and coercion. Forging Napoleon’s Grande Armée vividly illustrates how this many-pronged culture gave Napoleon’s soldiers reasons to fight.
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ISBN-13: 9780814737484
ISBN-10: 081473748X
Pagini: 296
Dimensiuni: 157 x 236 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: MI – New York University
Seria Warfare and Culture

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"What were the values that helped to make Napoleon’s armies the formidable fighting force they became? In this highly innovative study Michael Hughes shows how notions of honour became redefined to reward talent and courage and appeal to a sense of martial masculinity, while maintaining the sense of patriotic virtue that had been so potent during the Revolutionary years. The book is interdisciplinary in its approach, drawing on military studies and gender theory to create a highly convincing picture of the military culture of the Napoleonic era." Alan Forrest, Professor of Modern History, University of York"Michael Hughes provides the most fully developed and most highly nuanced account of motivation among the troops who composed Napoleon’s Grande Armée Founded upon extensive research and enlightened by new cultural and gendered approaches, his volume traces the evolution of Napoleon’s efforts to inspire, and manipulate, his soldiers and the effects of those efforts on officers and the rank and file. Hughes’s application of new categories of analysis is not simply a voguish surface gloss; it is fundamental to the traditional military subjects he examines. His treatment of the evolution of military honor is particularly impressive and his innovative exposition of how the lure of sexual opportunity tempted the troops is a revelation Forging Napoleon's Grande Armée is a must read." John A. Lynn, Distiguished Professor of Military History, Northwestern University"Michael Hughes has produced a fascinating study exploring the motivation of French soldiers during the Napoleonic Era, and the process through which they became Napoleon's men Hughes book is an important contribution to the historiography of martial culture He does well to integrate various historical methodologies, producing an intelligent and well conceived book that provides another dimension to Napoleonic military history." Frederick C. Schneid, author of Napoleon's Conquest of Europe: The War of the Third Coalition
"What were the values that helped to make Napoleon's armies the formidable fighting force they became? In this highly innovative study Michael Hughes shows how notions of honour became redefined to reward talent and courage and appeal to a sense of martial masculinity, while maintaining the sense of patriotic virtue that had been so potent during the Revolutionary years. The book is interdisciplinary in its approach, drawing on military studies and gender theory to create a highly convincing picture of the military culture of the Napoleonic era." Alan Forrest, Professor of Modern History, University of York "Michael Hughes provides the most fully developed and most highly nuanced account of motivation among the troops who composed Napoleon's Grande Armee Founded upon extensive research and enlightened by new cultural and gendered approaches, his volume traces the evolution of Napoleon's efforts to inspire, and manipulate, his soldiers and the effects of those efforts on officers and the rank and file. Hughes's application of new categories of analysis is not simply a voguish surface gloss; it is fundamental to the traditional military subjects he examines. His treatment of the evolution of military honor is particularly impressive and his innovative exposition of how the lure of sexual opportunity tempted the troops is a revelation Forging Napoleon's Grande Armee is a must read." John A. Lynn, Distiguished Professor of Military History, Northwestern University "Michael Hughes has produced a fascinating study exploring the motivation of French soldiers during the Napoleonic Era, and the process through which they became Napoleon's men Hughes book is an important contribution to the historiography of martial culture He does well to integrate various historical methodologies, producing an intelligent and well conceived book that provides another dimension to Napoleonic military history." Frederick C. Schneid, author of Napoleon's Conquest of Europe: The War of the Third Coalition

Notă biografică

Michael J. Hughes is Associate Professor at Iona College.

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Vividly illustrates how a many-pronged culture gave Napoleon’s soldiers reasons to fight