A Plea for the Armies of Ancien Régime France
This is not at all meant to be an academic dissection of current historiography regarding the French Army from the Kabitnettskriege era. Particularly the War of Austrian Succession until the French Revolution. Frankly it is something that I have long been interested in, but only now am I engaging the topic academically. My background, like many other Americans, turned into Eurocentric military historians, focuses primarily on the British Military. As well, while I’ve had the amazing privilege of work at Fort Ticonderoga, for Campaign 1776, and partaking in several educational projects around 1740-1790 timeframe, I first and foremost would weigh my expertise on the First World War of 1914-1919. One theme that I have begun to pick up on as I continue my work with the Great War is the deeply rooted national narratives which define the wartime experience. With those narratives so engrained in modern society, it is only now becoming mainstream to incorporate topics and research to create an...