Narratives of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars : military and civilian experience in Britain and Ireland
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Narratives of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars : military and civilian experience in Britain and Ireland
(War, culture and society, 1750-1850)
Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
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Bibliography: p. 244-256
Includes index
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Description
The volume explores how the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars were experienced, perceived and narrated by contemporaries in Britain and Ireland, drawing on an extensive range of personal testimonies by soldiers, sailors and civilians to shed new light on the social and cultural history of the period and the history of warfare more broadly.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Narrating War 2. Becoming Soldiers and Sailors 3. Combat and Campaign 4. Travellers in Uniform 5. Prisoners of War 6. Citizen-Soldiers 7. Bringing the War Back Home Conclusion: A Waterloo Panorama ?
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