nineteenth century
By: Michael S. Neiberg ; Dennis Showalter, Series Editor.
Series: Soldiers' lives through history
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780313332692
Subjects: Soldiers -- History -- 19th century; Sociology, Military -- Europe -- History -- 19th century; Military art and science -- Europe -- History -- 19th century; Soldiers -- History -- 20th century; Sociology, Military -- Europe -- History -- 20th century; Military art and science -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents also available electronically via World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: I. The age of men: from the French Revolution to German unification; title: Recruitment, evasion, and desertion; title: Training and leadership; title: Weapons, uniforms, and daily needs; title: "Seeing the elephant" : soldiers and the nineteenth-century battlefield; title: II. The age of machines: from 1871 to 1918; title: Recruitment, evasion, and desertion; title: Training, leadership, discipline, and mutiny; title: Weapons, uniforms, and daily needs; title: Soldiers and the modern battlefield; title: Conclusion.