Dying for France : experiencing and representing the soldier's death, 1500-2000 /

"For centuries, the idea of dying honorably for France was extraordinarily potent, reaching its peak during the First World War when 1.4 million French soldiers died in uniform. By the end of the twentieth century, however, public opinion had come to view the soldier's death as an unaccept...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Germani, Ian, 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]
Colección:McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 87.
Temas:
Soldiers > France > Death > History.
HISTORY / Europe / France
Soldiers > Death.
France > History, Military.
France.
History.
Military history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 Dying for Honour: The Renaissance
  • 2 Dying for King and Country: The Old Regime
  • 3 Dying for Liberty: The French Revolution
  • 4 Dying for the Emperor: The Napoleonic Wars
  • 5 Dying for Lost Causes: The Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune
  • 6 Dying for France: The First World War
  • 7 Dying for France: The First World War: Aftermath
  • 8 Dying for la mère patrie: Colonized Soldiers in the Second World War
  • 9 Dying for l'Algérie française: The Algerian War
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography

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