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Military Discipline Debate

France · Revolution / Revolution of France. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1791

Lazare Nicholas Marguerite CarnotDecember 1791

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Carnot challenged a model of absolute passive obedience and argued for reasoned military obedience away from the battlefield.

Names involved

Lazare Nicholas Marguerite Carnot

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