Introduction : what is military Enlightenment? -- The French military Enlightenment : figures, forces, and forms -- Before fraternity : martial masculinity, sociability, and community -- Humanity in war : military cultures of sensibilité and human rights -- A nation of warriors : the democratization of heroism -- The dialectic of military Enlightenment : the revolutionary and Napoleonic eras -- Epilogue : the modern heritage.
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"Combines the study of literary works, treatises of moral philosophy, and archival military writings to show the ways that the military sphere both generated and applied French Enlightenment ideas with regard to the phenomenon of war, the human body and emotions, social equality, and human rights"--
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Title
Military Enlightenment.
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9781501709296
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Enlightenment-- France-- Influence.
French literature-- 18th century-- History and criticism.
Military art and science-- France-- History-- 18th century.
Military art and science in literature.
War and society-- France-- History-- 18th century.
Enlightenment-- Influence.
French literature.
HISTORY-- Europe-- France.
Military art and science in literature.
Military art and science.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.