Abbreviations -- Introduction (starting p. 1) -- 1 A Separation of Powers (starting p. 12) -- 2 Fragmenting Executive Power (starting p. 38) -- 3 Forming Revolutionary Government (starting p. 65) -- 4 Nationalizing Military Supply (starting p. 98) -- 5 Controlling the Army (starting p. 124) -- 6 Thermidor and the Bureaucratic Challenge (starting p. 150) -- 7 Constitutionalism (starting p. 180) -- 8 The Return of Interest Groups (starting p. 207) -- 9 The Crisis of 1799 (starting p. 235) -- 10 Formal Rationalization (starting p. 265) -- App. A: The Structure of Military Administration (starting p. 290) -- App. B: The Organization of the War Ministry (starting p. 296) -- App. C: War Ministry Division Chiefs and Adjuncts, 1792 to 1794 (starting p. 304) -- App. D: War Ministry Division Chiefs during the Directory (starting p. 311) -- App. E: Principal Employees of the War Section, 1793 to 1797 (starting p. 319) -- Bibliography (starting p. 321) -- Index (starting p. 345)
Summary
This work examines a period of particular importance in the formation of the modern French state. Reviewing changes to the French Army's administration during the 1790s, it sheds light on the relationship between the spread of political participation and the build-up of military might
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-343) and index
