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Article: Blaufarb, Rafe The French Army, 1750-1820: Careers, Talent, Merit.(Book Review)

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Blaufarb, Rafe The French Army, 1750-1820: Careers, Talent, Merit Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press 201 pp., $69.95, ISBN 0-719-06262-4 Publication Date: January 2003

In its original incarnation, Rafe Balufarb's excellent book The French Army, 1750-1820: Careers, Talent, Merit was a doctoral dissertation written at the University of Michigan under David Bien's direction. Bien is one of this country's outstanding authorities on the eighteenth-century French military, and Blaufarb's acknowledged debt to his mentor is obvious. The author's indebtedness, however, in no way diminishes the originality and value of this contribution.

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