From Revolutionaries to Citizens - Antimilitarism in France, 1870-1914

"In this well-researched and in-depth analysis, Paul Miller successfully treats multiple viewpoints and highlights in a lively manner the various 'affairs' that mobilized public opinion in France before the outbreak of World War I."--Nancy Green, author of "Ready-to-Wear and Ready-to-Work: A Century of Industry and Immigrants in Paris and New York"
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List of contents

Acknowledgments
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Introduction: “The Revolution That’s Coming”
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1. Origins of War: The Roots of Antimilitarism in the Third Republic
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2. Antimilitarist Armies: Structures and Strategies

3. Enemies and Allies
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4. Antimilitarist Militants: The Question of Commitment
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5. Glory to the 17th!
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6. Antimilitarist Wars I: The Battle Within
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7. Antimilitarist Wars II: The Battle Without
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Epilogue: En Avant!


Notes
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Bibliography

Index

About the author

Paul B. Miller

Summary

Offers an account of the most important antiwar campaign prior to World War I: the antimilitarism of the French Left. This book covers the views and actions of socialists, trade unionists, and anarchists from the time of France's defeat by Prussia in 1870 to the outbreak of hostilities with Germany in 1914.

Product details

• Authors: MILLER, Paul B Miller, Paul B. Miller, Paul B. Miller
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.04.2002
• EAN: 9780822327578
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2757-8
• No. of pages: 296
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 249 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 644 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Europäische Geschichte, 1900 bis 1909 n. Chr., Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Demokratische Ideologien: Sozialismus, Mitte-links, Politischer Aktivismus, Krieg und militärische Operationen