Erica Charters Civilians and War in Europe 1618–1815 (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Civilians and War in Europe 1618–1815Condition: NewEAN: 9781781380123ISBN: 9781781380123Publisher: Liverpool University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/06/2014Description: Civilians and War in Europe 1618–1815 examines the relationship between civilians and warfare from the start of the Thirty Years War to the end of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The volume interrogates received narratives of warfare that identify the development of modern 'total' war with the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and instead considers the continuities and transformations in warfare over the course of two hundred years. The contributors examine prisoners of war, the cultures of plunder, the tensions of billeting, and war-time atrocities throughout England, France, Spain, and the German territories. They also explore the legal practices surrounding the conduct and aftermath of war; representations of civilians, soldiers, and militias; and the philosophical underpinnings of warfare. They probe what it meant to be a civilian in territories beset by invasion and civil war or in times when ‘peace’ at home was accompanied by almost continuous military engagement abroad. Their accounts show us civilians not only as anguished sufferers, but also directly involved with war: fighting back with shocking violence, profiting from war-time needs, and negotiating for material and social redress. And they show us individuals and societies coming to terms with the moral and political challenges posed by the business of drawing lines between ‘civilians’ and ‘soldiers’.With contributors drawn from the fields of political and legal theory, literature and the visual arts, and military, political, social, and cultural history, this volume will appeal to all those with an interest in the history of warfare and the evolution of the idea of the civilian.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmContributor: Erica Charters (Edited by), Eve Rosenhaft (Edited by), Hannah Smith (Edited by)Author: Erica ChartersGenre: HistoryTopic: Military HistoryBook Series: Eighteenth Century WorldsRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Book Title: Civilians and War in Europe 1618–1815

Title: Civilians and War in Europe 1618–1815

EAN: 9781781380123

ISBN: 9781781380123

Release Date: 05/06/2014

Release Year: 2014

Country/Region of Manufacture: GB

Contributor: Hannah Smith (Edited by)

Genre: History

Topic: Military History

Number of Pages: 304 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Civilians and War in Europe 1618-1815

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Item Height: 0.7 in

Publication Year: 2014

Subject: Europe / Western, Sociology / General, International

Item Weight: 12.3 Oz

Type: Textbook

Subject Area: Law, Social Science, History

Item Length: 9.1 in

Author: Eve Rosenhaft

Item Width: 6.6 in

Series: Eighteenth-Century Worlds Ser.

Format: Trade Paperback