1st Edition
Soldiers as Police The French and Prussian Armies and the Policing of Popular Protest, 1889�1914
By Anja Johansen
Copyright 2005
339 Pages
by
Routledge
339 Pages
by
Routledge
339 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book looks at the policing of social and political protest and of the role played by the French and Prussian armies in maintaining public order in the years leading up to the First World War. The period 1890 to 1914 was characterised by mass protest in both countries as the political, social and economic order of the German Empire and the French Third Republic were repeatedly challenged by... Read more
Contents: Introduction: the demilitarisation of protest policing as a historical problem. Part I Domestic Military Intervention in its Political Context: The French and Prussian armies in state and society; New problems, new priorities: conflicting priorities in Berlin; The controversial issue of republican order and stability. Part II: Popular Protest and Riot Policing: Violent encounters and challenges to the public order; The extension of police and gendarmerie forces; Patterns of military involvement in the policing of protest. Part III Bureaucrats, Generals and Elites in Westphalia and Nord-Pas-De-Calais: Local influences on the requisition of troops; Civilian and military elites: social backgrounds and interactions; Civil-military cooperation in Nord-Pas-de-Calais; Mutual exclusion and non-cooperation in Westphalia; Conclusions: demilitarisation and 'modern' policing. Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Anja Johansen
