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From Revolutionaries to Citizens – Antimilitarism in France, 1870–1914

Autor Paul B. Miller
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 apr 2002
From Revolutionaries to Citizens is the first comprehensive account of the most important antiwar campaign prior to World War I: the antimilitarism of the French Left. Covering the views and actions of socialists, trade unionists, and anarchists from the time of France's defeat by Prussia in 1870 to the outbreak of hostilities with Germany in 1914, Paul B. Miller tackles a fundamental question of pre-war historiography: how was it that the most antimilitarist culture and society in Europe came to accept and even support war in 1914?
While more general accounts of the Left's failure to halt international war in August 1914 focus on its lack of unity or the decline of trade unionism, Miller contends that these explanations barely scratch the surface when it comes to interpreting the Left's overwhelming acceptance of the war. By embedding his cultural analysis of antimilitarist propaganda into the larger political and diplomatic history of pre-war Europe, he reveals the Left's seemingly sudden transformation "from revolutionaries to citizens" as less a failure of resolve than a confession of commonality with the broader ideals of republican France. Examining sources ranging from police files and court records to German and British foreign office memos, Miller emphasises the success of antimilitarism as a rallying cry against social and political inequities on behalf of ordinary citizens. Despite their keen awareness of the bloodletting that awaited Europe, he claims, anti-militarists ultimately accepted the war with Germany for the same reason they had pursued their own struggle within France: to address injustices and defend the rights of citizens in a democratic society.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780822327660
ISBN-10: 082232766X
Pagini: 296
Ilustrații: 4 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 233 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: MD – Duke University Press

Cuprins

Acknowledgments
>Introduction: “The Revolution That’s Coming”
>1. Origins of War: The Roots of Antimilitarism in the Third Republic
>2. Antimilitarist Armies: Structures and Strategies
3. Enemies and Allies
>4. Antimilitarist Militants: The Question of Commitment
>5. Glory to the 17th!
>6. Antimilitarist Wars I: The Battle Within
>7. Antimilitarist Wars II: The Battle Without
>Epilogue: En Avant!

Notes
>Bibliography
Index

Recenzii

"A powerful study of the tragic choices facing the French antiwar movement in the early twentieth century. Miller helps us see how, by 1914, the only way to fight war was to join it. This outcome, he demonstrates persuasively, was neither a betrayal of prior convictions nor a momentary response to a war crisis the speed of which surprised all observers." - Jay Winter, Columbia University

"In this well-researched and in-depth analysis, Paul Miller successfully treats multiple viewpoints and highlights in a lively manner the various 'affairs' that mobilised public opinion in France at the outbreak of World War I." - Nancy Green, author of Ready-to-Wear and Ready-to-Work: A Century of Industry and Immigrants in Paris and New York
"A powerful study of the tragic choices facing the French antiwar movement in the early twentieth century. Miller helps us see how, by 1914, the only way to fight war was to join it. This outcome, he demonstrates persuasively, was neither a betrayal of prior convictions nor a momentary response to a war crisis the speed of which surprised all observers." - Jay Winter, Columbia University "In this well-researched and in-depth analysis, Paul Miller successfully treats multiple viewpoints and highlights in a lively manner the various 'affairs' that mobilised public opinion in France at the outbreak of World War I." - Nancy Green, author of Ready-to-Wear and Ready-to-Work: A Century of Industry and Immigrants in Paris and New York

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"In this well-researched and in-depth analysis, Paul Miller successfully treats multiple viewpoints and highlights in a lively manner the various 'affairs' that mobilized public opinion in France before the outbreak of World War I."--Nancy Green, author of "Ready-to-Wear and Ready-to-Work: A Century of Industry and Immigrants in Paris and New York""
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A history of the anti-militarist propaganda and activities of the French socialists that seeks to explain why the French left came to accept and in some instances even support World War I.