Krise, Reformen – und Militär.
Preußen vor und nach der Katastrophe von 1806.
Edited by Jürgen Kloosterhuis Edited by Sönke Neitzel
Paperback (Published)
(April 2009)
ISBN: 9783428130962
6.18 x 9.17 inches
Price: $131.00
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“Crisis, Reforms – and the Military” documents the second conference in a trilogy with which the Prussian Historical Commission and the Privy State Archives of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation commemorated Prussia’s catastrophe of 1806 and the subsequent phase of reconstruction and modernization. In the context of the cultural and social science approaches of modern military history and against the backdrop of Prussian criticism of the army in the 18th century (with key texts edited here for the first time), the reform measures of Ruchel, Scharnhorst, and Gneisenau were examined in detail, thus highlighting the different ways in which the generals considered change before and after 1806, the significance of the defeats at Jena and Auerstedt in their perception and interpretation of the Prussian army, and the extent to which the army reforms were linked to the transformation of the state. It was believed that standards for the desired general national liberation struggle in the new form of a quasi-contained popular uprising could even be found in the Spanish guerrilla war, without taking into account its social and clerical preconditions. The year 1806 thus served as a catalyst, bringing people initially active in the background into key positions and ultimately helping their ideas to achieve a breakthrough. Between 1813 and 1815, it became clear how much the reforms had increased the fighting power of the Prussian army and made a significant contribution to the defeat of Napoleon. Separated from the resulting myth, many of the innovations were retained, others rejected as too revolutionary, and others modified. The decades between 1815 and 1861 illuminated once again that there was no standstill in the Prussian army, but rather a development that, on the one hand, proceeded successfully at varying speeds, but on the other, also took detours or temporarily reached dead ends.
- Edited by Jürgen Kloosterhuis
- Edited by Sönke Neitzel
»Zweifelsohne ist der Band für alle, die sich mit dem Mythos des preußischen Militärs auseinandersetzen, von besonderer Relevanz.« Isabelle Deflers, in: Zeitschrift für Historische Forschungen, 2/2013
»Mit seinen durchweg fundierten und lesenswerten Beiträgen leistet das vorliegende Buch nicht nur einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Ereignis- und Wirkungsgeschicht der preußischen Heeresreformen. Durch die beiden edierten Quellen bereichert es zudem den Diskurs um das Verhältnis von Militär und Aufklärung und liefert herausragende Beispiele für die langfristige gedankliche Vorarbeit, die dem Umwälzungsprozess zwischen 1807 und 1814 vorausging.« Marcus von Alisch, in: Militär und Gesellschaft in der Frühen Neuzeit, 2/2010
»Der Band wird der Forschung zur preußischen bzw. deutschen Militärgeschichte des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts ohne jeden Zweifel zahlreiche neue Impulse verleihen.« Hendrik Thoß, in: Forschungen zur Brandenburgischen und Preußischen Geschichte, 2/2010
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Other Titles in this Series
Reformabsolutismus und ständische Gesellschaft.
Zweihundert Jahre Preußisches Allgemeines Landrecht.
Volume 3
Vom ein- zum mehrkonfessionellen Landesstaat.
Die Religionsfrage in den brandenburg-preußischen Territorien vom 16. bis zum frühen 18. Jahrhundert.
Volume 16
Literatur in Preußen – preußische Literatur?
Preußen in seinen künstlerischen Ausdrucksformen, Band 3.
Gesamtstaat und Provinz.
Regionale Identitäten in einer "zusammengesetzten Monarchie" (17. bis 20. Jahrhundert).
Volume 14
Membra unius capitis.
Studien zu Herrschaftsauffassungen und Regierungspraxis in Kurbrandenburg (1640–1688).
Volume 7
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