One-time Central Intelligence Agency analyst Ross (Naval War Academy) focuses on the truly revolutionary military aspects of the French Revolution rather than the more vaunted political, social, and c
Few historical events have inspired so much controversy and debate as the French Revolution. The origins, nature and effects of the Revolution have been the themes of a voluminous literature, especial
In this book John Roberts studies the puzzling nature of what came to be called the French Revolution, with its Janus-like aspect, looking to past and future at the same time. The five main sections d
This book is both an analysis of the Bastille as cultural paradigm and a case study on the history of French political culture. It examines in particular the storming and subsequent fall of the Bastil
This collection of letters, written by English poet Helen Maria Williams (1761-1827), chronicles the degeneration of the French Revolution between 1790 and 1796, and her interactions with central pers
Marat, a central character in one of history's most significant social transformations, has been alternately hailed as a heroic leader in the French Revolution and condemned as a bloodthirsty fanatic.
The Bayonets of the Republic challenges the view of the French revolutionary army as an unskilled but fiercely patriotic fighting force that won simply by overwhelming its enemies with bayonet assault
During the past twenty-five years, the historiography of the French Revolution has experienced a revolution of its own. Utilizing developments in such areas as anthropology and critical theory, schola
Over the last forty years a once-dominant interpretation of the French revolution has fallen to pieces. Elaborated by generations of distinguished left-wing French historians, this classic version was
This textbook has been written to guide teachers and students through the enormous and ever expanding literature on the French Revolution. The author combines social and political interpretations of t
This book examines a period of particular importance in the formation of the modern French state. The revolutionary strife and international war of the 1790s had important and far-reaching consequence
The interpretation of the French Revolution has long been the most contentious issue in French history.How the Revolution should be remembered has been the focus of debates concerned as much with Fran
Professor Cormack's study examines the French Navy during the Revolution, focusing on the fleet's involvement in political conflict. Although ignored by historians of the Revolution, the navy's exper
Discusses the causes and events of the French Revolution and the rise and fall of Napoleon, and provides excerpts from sources, questions, and other exercises
