Chris Pearson is Lecturer in Twentieth-Century History at the University of Liverpool

• Introduction1 The Emperor’s new camp (1857–70)2 Militarized environments during the “terrible year” (1870–71)3 Remaking militarized environments in the wake of defeat (1871–1914)4 The ‘mangled earth’ of the trenches (1914–18)5 Demilitarization and militarization (1918–40)6 Occupied territories (1940–67)7 ‘A (very) large military camp’: The militarization of postwar France8 Opposing militarized environments9 “Greening” militarized environments EpilogueSelect bibliographyIndex

In sum, Pearson lucidly weaves together the environmental and social legacy of relations between the French military and civilians, in wartime and peacetime. He does full justice to the role of the military in the complex and unpredictable flow of French history., Richard P. Tucker, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Reviews, 2014

Chris Pearson is Lecturer in Twentieth-Century History at the University of Liverpool

• Introduction1 The Emperor’s new camp (1857–70)2 Militarized environments during the “terrible year” (1870–71)3 Remaking militarized environments in the wake of defeat (1871–1914)4 The ‘mangled earth’ of the trenches (1914–18)5 Demilitarization and militarization (1918–40)6 Occupied territories (1940–67)7 ‘A (very) large military camp’: The militarization of postwar France8 Opposing militarized environments9 “Greening” militarized environments EpilogueSelect bibliographyIndex

In sum, Pearson lucidly weaves together the environmental and social legacy of relations between the French military and civilians, in wartime and peacetime. He does full justice to the role of the military in the complex and unpredictable flow of French history., Richard P. Tucker, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Reviews, 2014

Chris Pearson is Lecturer in Twentieth-Century History at the University of Liverpool

• Introduction1 The Emperor’s new camp (1857–70)2 Militarized environments during the “terrible year” (1870–71)3 Remaking militarized environments in the wake of defeat (1871–1914)4 The ‘mangled earth’ of the trenches (1914–18)5 Demilitarization and militarization (1918–40)6 Occupied territories (1940–67)7 ‘A (very) large military camp’: The militarization of postwar France8 Opposing militarized environments9 “Greening” militarized environments EpilogueSelect bibliographyIndex

In sum, Pearson lucidly weaves together the environmental and social legacy of relations between the French military and civilians, in wartime and peacetime. He does full justice to the role of the military in the complex and unpredictable flow of French history., Richard P. Tucker, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Reviews, 2014