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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Germani, Ian, 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2023]
Series:McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 87.
Subjects:
Soldiers > France > Death > History.
HISTORY / Europe / France
Soldiers > Death.
France > History, Military.
France.
History.
Military history.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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