Our friends the enemies : the occupation of France after Napoleon / Christine Haynes.

By:

Haynes, Christine, 1970- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780674989856

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

DC256 .O974 2018

Online resources:

Click to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password

Available additional physical forms:

Contents:

A burden so onerous -- Violation -- Part II. Friends?: Peacekeeping -- Accommodation -- Cosmopolitanism -- Part III. Regeneration: Reconstruction -- Recuperation -- Liberation.

Subject: Contrary to popular understanding, the Napoleonic Wars did not end in 1815 at Waterloo. The battle was only the beginning of a long and complex transition to peace. To end this first "total" war, the powers allied against Napoleon developed a new approach to peace-making: a military occupation designed not to conquer territory, but rather to guarantee that the defeated nation reconstruct itself and repay the damages it had caused. Our Friends the Enemies provides the first comprehensive history of the post-Napoleonic "occupation of guarantee." From 1815 to 1818, a multinational occupation force of 150,000 men was stationed in seven departments along the northeastern frontier, at the expense of the French government. Recounting the experience of both occupiers and occupied, the author shows that while the occupation inevitably involved some violence, it also promoted considerable exchange and reconciliation between the French and their former enemies. Although its significance has long been overlooked, the post-Napoleonic occupation of guarantee foreshadowed later efforts at postwar reconstruction, including the Allied occupations of Germany and Japan after World War II.--

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	DC256.8 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		on1054128775

Contrary to popular understanding, the Napoleonic Wars did not end in 1815 at Waterloo. The battle was only the beginning of a long and complex transition to peace. To end this first "total" war, the powers allied against Napoleon developed a new approach to peace-making: a military occupation designed not to conquer territory, but rather to guarantee that the defeated nation reconstruct itself and repay the damages it had caused. Our Friends the Enemies provides the first comprehensive history of the post-Napoleonic "occupation of guarantee." From 1815 to 1818, a multinational occupation force of 150,000 men was stationed in seven departments along the northeastern frontier, at the expense of the French government. Recounting the experience of both occupiers and occupied, the author shows that while the occupation inevitably involved some violence, it also promoted considerable exchange and reconciliation between the French and their former enemies. Although its significance has long been overlooked, the post-Napoleonic occupation of guarantee foreshadowed later efforts at postwar reconstruction, including the Allied occupations of Germany and Japan after World War II.--

Includes bibliographies and index.

Part I. Enemies: Exiting war, twice -- A burden so onerous -- Violation -- Part II. Friends?: Peacekeeping -- Accommodation -- Cosmopolitanism -- Part III. Regeneration: Reconstruction -- Recuperation -- Liberation.

https://lib.ciu.edu/copyright-request-form

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.