Conscription in Napoleonic Europe: A Revolution in Military Affairs, 1798-1815

A new examination of the many methods that states in the Napoleonic era used to obtain the manpower they needed to prosecute their wars. It shows how the levèe en masse that arose from the French Revolution is often touted as the first modern 'Revolution in Military Affairs' and why the idea of a 'mass army' and the system of French conscription that fed it, like many of the practices popularised by the French Revolution, did not remain confined to the Gallic state. This is also an excellent exploration of how the other European powers, both small and great, adopted their own systems for keeping the ranks of their armies filled with soldiers.Stoker, Donald J. is the author of 'Conscription in Napoleonic Europe: A Revolution in Military Affairs, 1798-1815' with ISBN 9780415349994 and ISBN 0415349990.