A major synthesis of current research on the three wars fought by France during the Revolution - against Austria and Prussia; Britain, Spain and the United Provinces; and against the Second Coalition.
Contains analysis of the theories of war including Clausewitz, and the role of ideology.
Chapter 1. The Origins of Great Wars
Chapter 2. Conflict in Europe before the Revolution
Chapter 5. The Origins of the War of 1793
Chapter 6. The Origins of the War of the Second Coalition