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The Belgian Army and Society from Independence to the Great War

Mario Draper

The Belgian Army and Society from Independence to the Great War

Mario Draper University of Kent Canterbury, UK

ISBN 978-3-319-70385-5    ISBN 978-3-319-70386-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70386-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017960775 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Leopold I In Brussels, 1832. © Chronicle / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland

To my family

Acknowledgments

Over the past five years, I have incurred numerous debts to many people without whose help, to a greater or lesser extent, this book could not have been completed. First, I would like to thank both my Ph.D. examiners, Professor Sir Hew Strachan and Professor Mark Connelly, for their constructive feedback on my thesis and their insightful suggestions and advice in turning it into a book. Second, I owe a huge debt of gratitude to both my Ph.D. supervisors, Dr. Timothy Bowman and Professor Ian Beckett, for their continuous academic guidance as well as their personal support and encouragement from my earliest days as an undergraduate through to the present day. Indeed, it is doubtful that without the belief and trust shown in me by the former, as Director of Admissions at the University of Kent, and subsequently as my academic mentor, that I would even have contemplated continuing my studies beyond BA level. I must also thank the School of History at the University of Kent itself for funding this project as a Ph.D. through their 50th Anniversary Scholarships, and for