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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"french revolutionary wars"”.
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Dunmore's new world: Political culture in the British Empire, 1745--1796
… defense of the British West Indies during the French Revolutionary Wars. Quick to break with convention on behalf of the system that ensured his privilege, Dunmore was an usually transgressive imperialist whose career can be used to explore the boundaries of what was possible in the political …
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Prelude in Tempore Belli
… the Time of War</i>), a work written during the French Revolutionary Wars. It juxtaposes the sense of glory and nationalist pride held by civilians and governments during war with the harsh tragedy experienced by the soldiers sent to fight and their loved ones. The composition seeks to achieve …
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Professional Identity of Army Officers in Britain and the Habsburg Monarchy 1740-1790
… War of the Austrian Succession to the eve of the French Revolutionary Wars. It illuminates the character of such an officer class of ‘Military Europe’ with its own cultural customs and practices. Furthermore, it details similarities, differences and peculiarities of both officer corps. This is …
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The Atlantic Revolutions and the Movement of Information in the British and French Caribbean, c. 1763-1804
… among select colonies in the British and French Caribbean during a series of military conflicts from 1763 to 1804, including the American War of Independence (1775-1783), French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802), and the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804). The colonies included in this study are …
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The role of national defence in British political debate, 1794-1812
… Here I argue that the threat of a potential French invasion during the wars against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France provoked a drive for centralisation. Nearly all the defence measures enacted during the period gave the government a much greater degree of control over British manpower and …