Download or read book Witnessing the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in German Central Europe written by L. James and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, this volume argues that although the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars are often understood as laying the foundations for total war, many eyewitnesses continued to draw upon older interpretative frameworks to make sense of the armed struggle and attendant political and social upheaval.