The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars: Volume 3, Experience, Culture and Memory

Comprehensive account of the effect of the Napoleonic Wars on those who fought and on European society and culture more broadly.

Alan Forrest (Edited by), Peter Hicks (Edited by)

9781108417679, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 9 June 2022

688 pages, 25 maps
23.5 x 15.7 x 3.5 cm, 1.23 kg

Volume III of the Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars moves away from the battlefield to explore broader questions of society and culture. Leading scholars from around the globe show how the conflict left its mark on virtually every aspect of society. They reflect on the experience of the soldiers who fought in them, examining such matters as military morale, ideas of honour and masculinity, the treatment of wounds and the fate of prisoners-of-war; and they explore social issues such as the role of civilians, women's experience, trans-border encounters and the roots of armed resistance. They also demonstrates how the experience of war was inextricably linked to empire and the wider world. Individual chapters discuss the depiction of the Wars in literature and the arts and their lasting impact on European culture. The volume concludes by examining the memory of the Wars and their legacy for the nineteenth-century world.

List of Figures
List of Maps
List of Contributors to Volume III
Introduction to Volume III Alan Forrest and Peter Hicks
Part I. The Experience of War: 1. The Soldiers' Experience of War Leighton S. James
2. Military Values: Heroism and Masculinity Michael J. Hughes
3. Military Medicine Martin R. Howard
4. Women and the Home Front Catriona Kennedy
5. Prisoners of War Elodie Duché
Part II. The Experience of Imperial Rule: 6. Blockade and Economic Warfare Katherine Aaslestad
7. Crossing Borders: Encounters with the Other Mike Rapport
8. Popular Resistance: The Case of Napoleonic Italy Michael Broers
9. Collaboration: The Case of the Duchy of Warsaw Jaroslaw Czubaty
10. Military Resistance: Desertion Alan Forrest
11. Liberation: Myth and Reality in Germany Ute Planert
Part III. War, Culture and Memory
12. Memoirs and the Communication of Memory Philip Dwyer and Matilda Greig
13. Festivals, Ceremonies and Public Commemorations Philip Dwyer
14. The Portrayal of Heroism Richard Taws
15. The Fine Arts and the Napoleonic Wars David O'Brien
16. Poets and Novelists: Writing the Memory of War Philip Shaw
17. Political Keyboard Music in Revolutionary and Napoleonic France: 'The Battle' Peter Hicks
18. The Napoleonic Wars in Caricature Pascal Dupuy
19. The Napoleonic Wars in European Cinema Wolfgang Koller
20. Nostalgia, or a Ruin with a View Peter A. Fritzsche
Part IV. The Aftermath and Legacy of the Wars: 21. Demobilization, Veterans and Civil Society after the Empire in France Natalie Petiteau
22. The Impact of the Napoleonic Wars on Europe's Nineteenth-Century Gender Order Karen Hagemann
23. Jomini, Clausewitz and the Theory of War Hew Strachan
24. The Legacy of Counter-Revolution: Conservative Ideology and Legitimism in France Ambrogio A. Caiani
25. Bonapartism Robert Alexander
26. The Legacy of the Wars for the International System Beatrice de Graff
27. The Dislocation of the Global Hispanic World Graciela Iglesias Rogers
28. Global Empire: Britain's Century, 1815–1914 Gregory Fremont-Barnes
29. The Napoleonic Wars and Realms of Memory in Europe Nicoletta Marini D'Armenia and Luigu Mascilli Migliorini
Bibliographical Essays
Index.

Subject Areas: Napoleonic Wars [HBWH], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], European history [HBJD]