Politics, Professionalism, and the Fate of Army Generals after Thermidor
The French Revolution eliminated the ancien régime's criteria for becoming a general----wealth, aristocratic privilege, and service seniority. During the Terror the War Ministry attempted to sans-culottiser the officer corps by placing political and social criteria above experience and talent....
| Veröffentlicht in: | French Historical Studies. - Society for French Historical Studies, 1958. - 19(1995), 1, Seite 133-152 |
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| Sprache: | English |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | French Historical Studies |
| Schlagworte: | History Political science Behavioral sciences Business |