Ian Germani convincingly and compellingly links military developments to concepts of culture, memory, and an explanation of what soldiers fought for and why they died this is an important and necessary addition to the study of military history. David A. Messenger, University of South Alabama and author of War and Public Memory: Case Studies in Twentieth-Century Europe Dying for France engages creatively with an impressively wide range of literature dealing not simply with the history of warfare but with five centuries of French political, social, and cultural history. Thoughtful, thought-provoking, and often moving, the book expands beyond an ostensibly narrow theme, the death of the soldier, to reflect upon a far wider range of developments in the historical study of French conflict. Joseph Clarke, Trinity College Dublin and author of Commemorating the Dead in Revolutionary France: Revolution and Remembrance, 17891799 A very impressive and ambitious project, Dying for France makes a distinctive contribution to the vibrant and expanding field of the cultural history of war. Alan Forrest, University of York and author of The Death of the French Atlantic: Trade, War, and Slavery in the Age of Revolution This is an excellent work and will be appreciated by all historians and non-scholars due to Germanis expansive research and clear and straightforward writing style. Journal of Military History Readers will learn a great deal from the book about Frances wars, from the Renaissance and the French Wars of Religion in the 16th century through the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, WW I and WW II, and the wars of decolonization in the 20th century. Germani focuses not on battles, however, but on experience and representation. Recommended. Choice "It is always striking to be reminded about how many wars, let alone battles, France has been involved in, in its history. [ Germani] leads his readers through times when soldiers were supposed to have died for honour (1500s), king and country (1700s), liberty (1790), the Emperor (1800) and lost causes (1870). Medicine, Conflict, Survival "Germanis narrative is both compelling and relatively comprehensive. [ His] study contains so much useful information and touches upon so many areas of modern French history, that it should inspire a wave of new scholarship that investigates, challenges, and expands upon his conclusions or treats them as a point of departure." H-France Dying for France is an illuminating, entertaining, and scholarly rigorous monograph that merits a close reading from scholars of modern war, memory, and modern France. H-War "Dying for France is a monumental study that surpasses all preceding works on the subject by its breath and the depth of its analysis." European Review of History Ian Germani does not shy away from methodological challenges in this encyclopedic and highly informative book. The scope of the book is impressive, as are an array of insights into particular texts. Journal of Modern History There is ... depth, diversity, nuance and thus great value in Germanis text. This, in combination with its thoughtful mixture of military, social and cultural histories, leaves it well placed to become a major scholarly reference point. Cultural and Social History
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