Upon France's defeat of the vaunted Prussian army at the Battle of
Valmy in 1792, German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe remarked,
""From this place and from this day forth commences a new era in
the world's history."" The pronouncement proved prescient, for this
first major victory emboldened France's revolutionary government to
end the monarchy and establish the first French Republic - with
dramatic consequences for the wars that soon roiled the continent.
In nine essays by leading scholars, European Armies of the French
Revolution, 1789-1802 provides an authoritative, continent-wide
analysis of the organization and constitution of these armies, the
challenges they faced, and the impact they had on the French
Revolutionary Wars and on European military practices. The volume
opens with editor Frederick C. Schneid's substantial introduction,
which reviews the strategies and policies of each participating
state throughout the wars, establishing a clear context for the
essays that follow. Drawing on the latest research and thought,
each contributor focuses on the army of a particular power: France,
Prussia, Austria, Russia, Britain, Spain, the German
principalities, the Italian states, and the Ottoman Empire. Their
essays examine the system, tactics, operations, and strategies that
each army adopted and developed in the Revolutionary Wars. The
authors explore the conflicts' wider influence on these policies
and practices, along with significant battles and actions. Unique
in its approach and reach, this volume offers a thorough and
closely observed view of the composition, scope, and purpose of the
European armies at the turn of the nineteenth century. It enhances
and extends our insights into how the military powers of the
post-French Revolutionary era - and thus, the era itself - took
shape.
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