Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte, Comte De Guibert: Father of the Grande Armée
Description:
Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte, comte de Guibert (1743-1790) dedicated his life and career to creating a new doctrine for the French army. Little about this doctrine was revolutionary. Indeed, Guibert openly decried the anarchy of popular participation in government and looked askance at the early days of the Revolution. Rather, Guibert’s doctrine marked the culmination of an evolutionary process that commenced decades before his time and reached fruition in the Réglement of 1791, which remained …
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Date:
August 2014
Creator:
Abel, Jonathan, 1985-
Partner:
UNT Libraries