Western Civilization II / Unit 7 WC2 0623 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Committee of Public Safety and the Levée en Masse
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The idea
From September seventeen ninety-three to July ninety-four twelve radicals on the Committee of Public Safety ruled France. The levée en masse mobilized the whole nation and held Austria and Prussia; price controls, requisitions, currency rules and police power followed.
In practice
Total war's first draft.
Where people slip
The Committee's mandate was the emergency; victory would end it.
Your place on the trail
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