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Revolutionary France's war of conquest in the Rhineland : conquering the natural frontier, 1792-1797

Title: Revolutionary France's war of conquest in the Rhineland : conquering the natural frontier, 1792-1797 / Jordan R. Hayworth.
Author: Hayworth, Jordan R., 1988-
Publication: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

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Description

xviii, 340 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"In May 1790, the French National Assembly renounced wars of conquest. Two years later, France declared war on Austria and invaded Belgium and the Rhineland, claiming it was to spread the benefits of the Revolution. Soon, however, military and economic crises drove a shift in the nature of France's war effort. What started as a war for liberty became a war for conquest, one that brought devastating exploitation to the Rhineland. It was during this time that French foreign policy became influenced by the idea of attaining the natural frontiers - the Alps, the Pyrenees, and, most significantly, the Rhine. Although often portrayed as a diplomatic tradition of the French monarchy, Jordan R. Hayworth shows how the natural frontiers policy was born during the Revolution. In addition, he examines the intense and consequential debates that arose over the policy, which caused much confusion in the war and helped to undermine France's democratic experiment"--
"A small commune in northern France approximately five-miles south of the Belgian border, Wattignies was usually a quiet place, surrounded by verdant farmland and forests with the occasional hill. Between 15 and 16 October 1793, however, the peaceful calm was broken by a ferocious battle that took the lives of perhaps as many as 8,000 French and Allied soldiers. In a different manner, the quiet was disturbed yet again on 27 October 1895 when a formal ceremony was held to celebrate the town's adoption of the name "Wattignies-la-Victoire," commemorating the battle that occurred there during the French Revolutionary Wars"--

Series Statement

Cambridge military histories

Uniform Title

Cambridge military histories.

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The Ancien Régime -- The Brissotin crusade for war -- War, conquest, and disaster -- The organization of victory -- The Thermidorean republic -- The Directory's war -- A shattered army -- The generals' war.

Call Number

JFE 19-4314

ISBN

9781108497459
1108497454

LCCN

2018038852

OCLC

1049607940

Author

Hayworth, Jordan R., 1988- author.

Title

Revolutionary France's war of conquest in the Rhineland : conquering the natural frontier, 1792-1797 / Jordan R. Hayworth.

Publisher

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cambridge military histories

Cambridge military histories.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1789-1801

Research Call Number

JFE 19-4314

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