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Napoleonic Foot Soldiers and Civilians
A Brief History with DocumentsFirst Edition| ©2011 Rafe Blaufarb; Claudia Liebeskind
By highlighting the experiences of common soldiers and civilians, this volume by Rafe Blaufarb and Claudia Liebeskind presents a broad view of the Napoleonic Wars not found in typical military histories. The introduction recounts the key events of the wars and how they marked a shift in the modern n...
By highlighting the experiences of common soldiers and civilians, this volume by Rafe Blaufarb and Claudia Liebeskind presents a broad view of the Napoleonic Wars not found in typical military histories. The introduction recounts the key events of the wars and how they marked a shift in the modern notion of “total war” and provides necessary political and military background on the issues of recruitment and evasion, the military community, combat and its aftermath, the homefront, and demobilization. The rich collection of memoirs, letters, and popular engravings -- from familiar sources such as German infantryman Jakob Walter to an account of a French woman canteen worker -- offers contrasting voices, some offered here in English for the first time. These documents and images explore core civil-military interactions, including foraging, plunder, sexuality, violence, eating, religion, and commerce. Headnotes to the documents, a chronology, questions for consideration, and a selected bibliography provide pedagogical support.
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By highlighting the experiences of common soldiers and civilians, this volume by Rafe Blaufarb and Claudia Liebeskind presents a broad view of the Napoleonic Wars not found in typical military histories. The introduction recounts the key events of the wars and how they marked a shift in the modern notion of “total war” and provides necessary political and military background on the issues of recruitment and evasion, the military community, combat and its aftermath, the homefront, and demobilization. The rich collection of memoirs, letters, and popular engravings -- from familiar sources such as German infantryman Jakob Walter to an account of a French woman canteen worker -- offers contrasting voices, some offered here in English for the first time. These documents and images explore core civil-military interactions, including foraging, plunder, sexuality, violence, eating, religion, and commerce. Headnotes to the documents, a chronology, questions for consideration, and a selected bibliography provide pedagogical support.
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“This book brings to life a neglected aspect of warfare and does so in a way that will captivate undergraduates.”
-- Stephen Miller, University of Alabama at Birmingham“The introductory essay gives a solid overview of human experiences during the Napoleonic Wars. Sections on recruitment and evasion, military community, combat, and homefront provide appropriate historical context and background information for students, allowing for a more educated examination and comparison of memoirs.”
-- Alexander Mikaberidze, Louisiana State University“This volume is a highly useful and well-balanced collection of soldier and civilian accounts of war and occupation during the Napoleonic period.”
-- Robert Lewis, Grinnell College

Napoleonic Foot Soldiers and Civilians
First Edition| ©2011
Rafe Blaufarb; Claudia Liebeskind
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Napoleonic Foot Soldiers and Civilians
First Edition| 2011
Rafe Blaufarb; Claudia Liebeskind
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
PART ONE. INTRODUCTION: AN AGE OF TOTAL WAR?
The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1792-1815
Recruitment and Evasion
The Military Community
Combat and Its Aftermath
The Homefront
The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1792-1815
Recruitment and Evasion
The Military Community
Combat and Its Aftermath
The Homefront
Life After Service
PART TWO. THE DOCUMENTS
1. General Marbot, Memoirs, 1844
2. Benjamin Harris, Recollections, 1848
1. General Marbot, Memoirs, 1844
2. Benjamin Harris, Recollections, 1848
3. Louis-Gabriel Montigny, Account of a Canteen Woman, 1833
4. French Intelligence Report on British India, 1807
5. Correspondence of William Lee, U.S. Consul in Bordeaux, 1806-9
6. Popular Images of Napoleonic Warfare
Appel de Contingent Communal
Distribution de la Viande au Camp
Tableau de la Guerre
Siege de Saragossa
Passage de la Beresina
15 August
7. Giovani Patrizi, Memoirs, c.1817
8. Jakob Walter, Memoirs, c.1820-1840
9. Friederich Ludwig Burk, Diary, 1806-1816
10. Julie Pellizzone, Journal, 1813-1815
7. Giovani Patrizi, Memoirs, c.1817
8. Jakob Walter, Memoirs, c.1820-1840
9. Friederich Ludwig Burk, Diary, 1806-1816
10. Julie Pellizzone, Journal, 1813-1815
Appendixes
A Chronology of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1792-1816)
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography
A Chronology of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1792-1816)
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography
Index

Napoleonic Foot Soldiers and Civilians
First Edition| 2011
Rafe Blaufarb; Claudia Liebeskind
Authors

Rafe Blaufarb
Rafe Blaufarb (PhD, University of Michigan) is Ben Weider Eminent Scholar Chair in Napoleonic History and the Director of the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution at Florida State University. He is the author of The French Army, 1750–1820: Careers, Talent, Merit (2002) and Bonapartists in the Borderlands: French Refugees and Exiles on the Gulf Coast, 1815–1835 (2005), and has published articles in Annales, H.S.S., French Historical Studies, French History Studies, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Revue d’histoire moderne et contemporaine, and Annales historiques de la Révolution Francaise. He has taught at the Université Paul-Valéry III (Montpellier) and he has received fellowships and research grants from the NEH, Mellon Foundation, and Camargo Foundation, as well as a Bourse Chateaubriand.

Claudia Liebeskind
Claudia Liebeskind (PhD, University of London) is associate professor of history at Florida State University, where she teaches world history, South Asian history, and the history of Islam. She is the author of Piety on Its Knees: Three Sufi Traditions in South Asia in Modern Times (1998).

Napoleonic Foot Soldiers and Civilians
First Edition| 2011
Rafe Blaufarb; Claudia Liebeskind
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