Republics at war, 1776-1840 : revolutions, conflicts, and geopolitics in Europe and the Atlantic world /

"This book places itself at the intersection of two fields of study--military history and political ideologies--in order to investigate the troubling links between warfare and republicanism during the Revolutionary era. This international team of historians probes the dynamics of nations born o...

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Other Authors:	Serna, Pierre, De Francesco, Antonino, 1954-, Miller, Judith A., 1956-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Series:	War, culture and society, 1750-1850.
Subjects:	History, Modern > 18th century. History, Modern > 19th century. War and society > History > 18th century. War and society > History > 19th century. Europe > History, Military > 18th century. Europe > History, Military > 19th century. United States > History, Military > 18th century. United States > History, Military > 19th century. Republicanism > History > 18th century. Republicanism > History > 19th century. Revolutions > History > 18th century. Revolutions > History > 19th century. Geopolitics > History > 18th century. Geopolitics > History > 19th century. HISTORY / Europe / General. HISTORY / Military / Other. HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century. HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century. HISTORY / Social History. Revoluties. Conflicten. Europa (geografie) Atlantisch gebied.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: War and the Republic : Dangerous Liaisons / Pierre Serna
PART I. CALLING FOR "REPUBLICAN" WAR
The American Origins of the French Revolutionary War / Antonino De Francesco
In Search of a Glorious Peace? Republican Diplomats at War, 1792-1799 / Virginie Martin
Can a Powerful Republic Be Peaceful? The Debate of Year IV on the Place of France in the European Order / Marc Belissa
Theobald Wolfe Tone's Mission to France 1796-1798 / Sylvie Kleinman
PART II. CITIZENSHIP AND "REPUBLICAN" WAR
A "Black Declaration of Independence"? War, Republic, and Race in the United States of America, 1775-1787 / Marie-Jeanne Rossignol
The Army of the Republic : New warfare and a new army / Annie Crépin
A Patriotic School : The Recruitment of the Italian Legion in France, 1799-1800 / Katia Visconti
From Individual to Collective Emancipation : War and the Republic in the Caribbean during the French Revolution / Frédéric Régent
PART III. REJECTING "REPUBLICAN" WAR
Fratricide : Tragic Brothers, Masculine Violence and the Republic on the French Stage, 1799 / Judith A. Miller
War and Citizenship : Central Italy, 1798-1799 / Bernard Gainot
The Strength of Weapons, the Strength of Opinions : Counter-Revolution in the Papal States, 1790-1799 / Mario Tosti
International War, National War, Civil War : Spain and Counterrevolution, 1793-1840 / Pedro Rújula.