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

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.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Forrest, Peter Hicks
• Assisted by: Alan Forrest (Editor), Forrest Alan (Editor), Peter Hicks (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.06.2022
• EAN: 9781108417679
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41767-9
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 40 mm
• Series: The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Specific wars and campaigns, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), Napoleonic Wars