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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Haynes, Christine (1970-....)
Titre(s) : Our friends the enemies [Texte imprimé] : the occupation of France after Napoleon / Christine Haynes
Publication : Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018©2018
Description matérielle : 404 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-388) and index
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.
Sujet(s) : Guerres napoléoniennes (1800-1815) -- Opérations militaires
France -- 1814-1815
France -- 1814-1824 (Louis XVIII)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780674972315. - ISBN 0674972317 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45612661r
Notice n° :
FRBNF45612661
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction ; Part I. Enemies. Exiting war, twice ; A burden so onerous ; Violation
; Part II. Friends?. Peacekeeping ; Accommodation ; Cosmopolitanism ; Part III.
Regeneration. Reconstruction ; Recuperation ; Liberation ; Conclusion.
