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Popular Resistance in the French Wars

Popular Resistance in the French Wars

Hardcover

French HistoryGeneral Military HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1403938261
ISBN13: 9781403938268
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: Dec 10 2004
Pages: 233
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.71 Width: 5.88 Depth: 8.88
Language: English
In the Napoleonic period warfare ceased to be a matter for armies alone, but also became an affair of the people. So, at least, runs the usual claim. In Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany and Russia outraged peasants and townsfolk rose against the French armies and fell upon them without mercy. From these insurrections we get the modern word 'guerrilla', but did armed civilians really play an important a role in the struggle? In this collection of essays a group of specialists on the Napoleonic epoch tease out the question, and arrive at some startling conclusions.

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