Citizen Soldiers and the Key to the Bastille [electronic resource] /
Osman, Julia.author.
Showcasing French participation in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution, this book shows the French army at the heart of revolutionary, social, and cultural change. Osman argues that efforts to transform the French army into a citizen army before 1789 prompted and helped shape the French Revolution.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Series Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Key; 1 The King's Army; 2 Defeat in New France; 3 Soldiers into Citizens; 4 A Citizen Army in America; 5 Aristocratic Rupture; 6 A Dream Deferred; 7 Conclusion: Guidons Burning; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Showcasing French participation in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution, this book shows the French army at the heart of revolutionary, social, and cultural change. Osman argues that efforts to transform the French army into a citizen army before 1789 prompted and helped shape the French Revolution.
France. Armee
France—History.
Military history.
America—History.
History, Modern.
History of France.
History of Military.
History of the Americas.
Modern History.