Revolutionary France''s War of Conquest in the Rhineland - Conquering the Natural Frontier, 1792-1797

What for revolutionary France started as a war for liberty in the Rhineland became a war for conquest. Jordan R. Hayworth shows how French foreign policy and military strategy became influenced by the idea of attaining the natural frontiers, causing much confusion in the war and helping undermine France's democratic experiment.

List of contents

1. The Ancien Régime; 2. The Brissotin crusade for war; 3. War, conquest, and disaster; 4. The organization of victory; 5. The Thermidorean republic; 6. The Directory's war; 7. A shattered army; 8. The generals' war; Conclusion.

About the author

Jordan R. Hayworth is an Assistant Professor of Military and Security Studies at the United States Air Command and General Staff College, Alabama. He is a member of the Society for Military History and the Society for French Historical Studies. In 2016, he won the Society for Military History's Edward M. Coffman First Manuscript Prize.

Summary

What for revolutionary France started as a war for liberty in the Rhineland became a war for conquest. Jordan R. Hayworth shows how French foreign policy and military strategy became influenced by the idea of attaining the natural frontiers, causing much confusion in the war and helping undermine France's democratic experiment.

Product details

• Authors: Jordan R Hayworth, Jordan R. Hayworth
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781108703055
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70305-5
• No. of pages: 358
• Series: Cambridge Military Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, c 1789 to c 1799 (French Revolutionary period), C 1700 To C 1800