TY  - GEN
T1  - The horrible peace : British veterans and the end of the Napoleonic Wars
T2  - Veterans (University of Massachusetts Press)
A1  - Wilson, Evan, 1984-
LA  - English
PP  - Amherst
PB  - University of Massachusetts Press
YR  - 2023
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1346543238
AB  - "Few battles in world history provide a cleaner dividing line than Waterloo: before, there was Napoleon; after, there was the Pax Britannica. While Waterloo marked France's defeat and Britain's ascendance as an imperial power, the war was far from over for many soldiers and sailors, who were forced to contend with the lasting effects of battlefield trauma, the realities of an impossibly tight labor market, and growing social unrest. The Horrible Peace details a story of distress and discontent, of victory complicated by volcanism, and of the challenges facing Britain at the beginning of its victorious century. Examining the process of demobilization and its consequences for British society, Evan Wilson draws on archival research and veterans' memoirs to tell the story of this period through the experiences of veterans who struggled to reintegrate and soldiers and sailors who remained in service as Britain attempted to defend and expand the empire. Veterans were indeed central to Britain's experience of peace, as they took to the streets to protest the government's indifference to widespread unemployment and misery. The fighting did not stop at Waterloo"--
OP  - 334
CN  - DA68 .W55 2023
SN  - 1685750257
SN  - 9781685750251
SN  - 9781625347336
SN  - 9781625347343
KW  - Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 : Veterans.
KW  - Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 : Peace.
KW  - Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
KW  - Veterans : Great Britain : History : 19th century.
KW  - Great Britain : History, Military : 19th century.
KW  - Great Britain : Armed Forces : History : 19th century.
KW  - Guerres napoléoniennes, 1800-1815 : Anciens combattants.
KW  - Guerres napoléoniennes, 1800-1815 : Paix.
KW  - Guerres napoléoniennes, 1800-1815.
KW  - Anciens combattants : Grande-Bretagne : Histoire : 19e siècle.
KW  - Grande-Bretagne : Histoire militaire : 19e siècle.
KW  - HISTORY / General
KW  - Armed Forces
KW  - Military participation : British
KW  - Peace
KW  - Veterans
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - 1800-1899
KW  - History
KW  - Military history
ER  -