Revolution and Political Conflict in the French Navy 1789 1794

A study of the navy in the French Revolution, revealing its crucial role in the political conflict.

Zusammenfassung
This 1995 book examines the French navy during the French Revolution, focusing on the fleet's involvement in political conflict. The navy's experience illustrates a nationwide struggle between authority based on executive power and authority based ambiguously on the National Will.

Inhalt
1. The French navy, the revolution and the historians; 2. The French navy on the eve of revolution; 3. The revolution begins: the Toulon Affair of 1789; 4. Naval reorganisation and the mutiny at Brest, 1790-1; 5. Bertrand de Moleville and the dissolution of the officer corps, 1791-2; 6. Naval officers and the Jacobin Regime, 1792-3: the court martial of Captain Basterot; 7. The Great Treason: the surrender of the Mediterranean fleet in 1793; 8. Naval authority and the National Will: the Quiberon Mutiny of 1793; 9. A navy for the Republic: Jeanbon Saint-André's missions to Brest and the Prairial Campaign, 1793-4; 10. Conclusion: revolutionary politics and the French navy; Bibliography; Index.

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