Abstract

1. The French navy, the revolution and the historians 2. The French navy on the eve of revolution 3. The revolution begins: the Toulon Affair of 1789 4. Naval reorganisation and the mutiny at Brest, 1790-1 5. Bertrand de Moleville and the dissolution of the officer corps, 1791-2 6. Naval officers and the Jacobin Regime, 1792-3: the court martial of Captain Basterot 7. The Great Treason: the surrender of the Mediterranean fleet in 1793 8. Naval authority and the National Will: the Quiberon Mutiny of 1793 9. A navy for the Republic: Jeanbon Saint-Andre's missions to Brest and the Prairial Campaign, 1793-4 10. Conclusion: revolutionary politics and the French navy Bibliography Index.

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