The Belgian Army and Society from Independence to the Great War

• Main Author: Draper, Mario (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Europe-History-1492-.; Military history.; History, Modern.; Social history.; World politics.; History of Modern Europe.; History of Military.; Modern History.; Social History.; Political History.

This book explores Belgian state-building through the prism of its army from independence to the First World War. It argues that party-politics, which often ran along geographical, linguistic, and religious lines, prevented both Flemings and Walloons from reconciling their regional identities into a...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 2 - Securing the Nation
• Chapter 3 - The Officer Corps
• Chapter 4 - The Rank and File
• Chapter 5 - The Auxiliary Forces
• Chapter 6 - Fortress Policy and Strategy
• Chapter 7 - The Great War
• Chapter 8 - Conclusion
• Index.