TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pichichero,Christy L.
TI  - The Military Enlightenment: War and Culture in the French Empire from Louis XIV to Napoleon 
SN  - 9781501709654
AV  - DC46.7 
U1  - 306.27094409033 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Ithaca, NY
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Enlightenment
KW  - France
KW  - Influence
KW  - French literature
KW  - 18th century
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Military art and science in literature
KW  - Military art and science
KW  - History
KW  - War and society
KW  - Europe
KW  - Military History
KW  - HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other)
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - french enlightenment, atlantic history, european history, french revolution, napoleonic war
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. The French Military Enlightenment --; 2. Before Fraternity --; 3. Humanity in War --; 4. A Nation of Warriors --; 5. The Dialectic of Military Enlightenment --; Epilogue --; Notes --; Index; restricted access
N2  - The Military Enlightenment brings to light a radically new narrative both on the Enlightenment and the French armed forces from Louis XIV to Napoleon. Christy Pichichero makes a striking discovery: the Geneva Conventions, post-traumatic stress disorder, the military "band of brothers," and soldierly heroism all found their antecedents in the eighteenth-century French armed forces.Readers of The Military Enlightenment will be startled to learn of the many ways in which French military officers, administrators, and medical personnel advanced ideas of human and political rights, military psychology, and social justice
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501709654?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501709654
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501709654/original
ER  -