2013
DOI: 10.1177/0968344513483071
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Princes’ Wars, Wars of the People, or Total War? Mass Armies and the Question of a Military Revolution in Germany, 1792–1815

Abstract: This article investigates whether a military revolution took place in the German lands during the revolutionary and Napoleonic periods, with the potential to transform institutions and to alter contemporaries' attitudes not merely to war, but to politics and diplomacy. The scholarly debate about a metamorphosis of warfare during the revolutionary and Napoleonic periods involves three connected controversies: the meaning and timing of any 'revolution' in the conduct of war, the existence of a 'total war' in or … Show more

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“…The theory of conservatism appeared in works of Friedrich von Gentz, who presented them before his relocation to Vienna by issuing the German translation of "Reflections on the revolution in France" by Edmund Burke. Gentz has also started to create the image of Prussia as a state, where "the holy bonds between monarch and society collapsed" 6 , presenting the image of Austria as a "Family of peoples" under the power of Habsburgs. Gentz criticized the reformers in orientation to revolutionary ideas and presented the concept of conservatism constructing the political culture staying on "subjectmonarch" dichotomy and dynastic patriotism.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The theory of conservatism appeared in works of Friedrich von Gentz, who presented them before his relocation to Vienna by issuing the German translation of "Reflections on the revolution in France" by Edmund Burke. Gentz has also started to create the image of Prussia as a state, where "the holy bonds between monarch and society collapsed" 6 , presenting the image of Austria as a "Family of peoples" under the power of Habsburgs. Gentz criticized the reformers in orientation to revolutionary ideas and presented the concept of conservatism constructing the political culture staying on "subjectmonarch" dichotomy and dynastic patriotism.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For Hermann von Boyen, who would become Prussia's war minister in 1814 and a member of the general staff in 1806, the problem during the 1790s and 1900s, was the gradual disappearance of idiosyncratic but decisive generals from the time of the Seven Years War, such as his own commanding officer, who had barely been able to read and had given briefings in his kitchen, but who had "maintained a certain independence at decisive moments, which can only be won by a profound inner education, not by social forms." (Hewitson, 2013). Boyen emphasized a broad education for the military.…”
Section: The Prussian Armymentioning
confidence: 99%