| Description |
1 online resource (240 pages) |
| Series |
Cass Military Studies, 10 |
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Cass Military Studies, 10
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| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables; Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Conscription in France during the era of Napoleon; 3 Meeting the French challenge: Conscription in Prussia, 1807-1815; 4 Conscription in Russia in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries: "For faith, Tsar and Motherland"; 5 Conscription in the Habsburg Empire to 1815; 6 The recruitment of seamen for the British Navy, 1793-1815: "Why don't you raise more men?"; 7 Conscription in Spain in the Napoleonic era; 8 Conscription and desertion in Napoleonic Italy, 1802-1814 |
| Summary |
This edited volume explores conscription in the Napoleonic era, tracing the roots of European conscription and exploring the many methods that states used to obtain the manpower they needed to prosecute their wars |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Draft -- Europe -- History
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Electronic books. -- local
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Europe -- History, Military -- 1789-1815
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Military art and science -- Europe -- History
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Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schneid, Frederick C
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Blanton, Harold D
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| ISBN |
9780203674048 |
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0203674049 |
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