Between the outbreak of war with Austria in 1792 and Napoleon's final debacle in 1814, France remained almost continously at war, recruiting in the process some

This edited volume explores conscription in the Napoleonic era, tracing the roots of European conscription and exploring the many methods that states used to ob

Between the outbreak of war with Austria in 1792 and Napoleon's final debacle in 1814, France remained almost continously at war, recruiting in the process some

This volume deals with the conscription system in the Confederacy and the conflicts which it produced between Confederate and State authorities. It was begun wi