The March to the Marne: The French Army 1871-1914 - Rilegato

Porch, Douglas

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ISBN 10: 0521238838 ISBN 13: 9780521238830

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1981

Riassunto

The relationship between the French army and the regime provides one of the central themes in the history of the Third Republic. From its foundation in 1870, the republic sought to integrate the army of Louis-Napoleon into a left-leaning, democratic political system. This experiment failed, historians have argued, because the social origins, political attitudes and professional values of the officer corps sabotaged cooperation with the republic. The nation paid a bloody price for this failure on the battlefields of the Great War. Dr Porch's book challenges many standard assumptions about the place of the army in French political life between 1871 and 1914. The events of the 'Dreyfus years' are examined from the army's standpoint. Dr Porch examines the impact of the Dreyfus affair on the crucial tactical and armaments debates of the immediate pre-war years, tracing the origins of the costly 'spirit of the offensive' while providing the answer to the French army's near disastrous failure to the development of the colonial army and its place within the military structure is also assessed for the first time.

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Dr Porch's book challenges many standard assumptions about the place of the army in French political life between 1871 and 1914. He examines the impact of the Dreyfus affair on the crucial tactical and armaments debates of the immediate pre-war years, leading to the army's near disastrous failure in the Great War.

Contenuti:

Preface; 1. The army and the republic; 2. The army and the nation; 3. The high command; 4. The Dreyfus affair; 5. The radical solution; 6. The affaire des fiches; 7. Anti-militarism and indiscipline; 8. The colonial army; 9. The army and the Nationalist Revival; 10. The three-year law; 11. The spirit of the offensive; 12. The heavy artillery; 13. Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0521238838
• ISBN 13: 9780521238830
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 301