Soldiers' Lives through History - The Nineteenth Century

Michael S. Neiberg is Professor of History and Co-Chair of the Center for the Study of the War and Society at the University of Southern Mississippi and was formerly Professor of History at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He is the author of Never Such Innocence Again: A History of the First World War (2005), Warfare and Society in Europe, 1898 to the Present (2004), and many other titles.

A specialist in the study of war and society, Neiberg examines how European militaries reflected the development of nationalism during the century, concentrating on the experience of common soldiers. He divides the period between the age of men from the French Revolution to German Unification, and the age of machines from the Franco-Prussian war through The Great War.

• IntroductionTimelineThe Age of Men, from the French Revolution to German UnificationRecruitment, Evasion, and DesertionTraining and LeadershipWeapons, Uniforms, and Daily Needs"Seeing the Elephant:" Soldiers and the 19th- Century BattlefieldThe Age of Machines, from 1871 to 1918Recruitment, Evasion, and DesertionTraining, Leadership, Discipline, and MutinyWeapons, Uniforms, and Daily NeedsSoldiers and the Modern BattlefieldConclusionBibliographyIndex