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Showcasing French participation in the Seven Years´ War and the American Revolution, this book shows the French army at the heart of revolutionary, social, and cultural change. Osman argues that efforts to transform the French army into a citizen army before 1789 prompted and helped shape the French Revolution.

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Introduction: The Key 1. The King´s Army 2. Defeat in New France 3. Soldiers into Citizens 4. A Citizen Army in America 5. Aristocratic Rupture 6. A Dream Deferred Conclusion: Guidons Burning Notes Bibliography

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Julia Osman is an Assistant Professor of French and military history at Mississippi State University, USA.

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