Underscoring this new hybrid military culture were five sources of motivation honor patriotism a martial and virile masculinity devotion to napoleon and coercion forging napoleons grande armee illustrates how this many pronged culture gave napoleons soldiers reasons to fight review by professor charles esdaile dated 8th january 2015. Forging napoleons grande arme motivation military culture and masculinity in the french army 1800 1808. Forging napoleons grande armee motivation military culture and masculinity in the french army 1800 1808 michael j hughes. Accordingly michael hughes forging napoleons grande armee motivation military culture and masculinity in the french army 1800 1808 addresses a relative historiographical gap by examining the army of the french consulate and early empire with a unique combination of questions his approach both mimics and expands the new military history by focusing on the motivations of french soldiers the napoleonic armys creation of a distinctive military culture and their . The item forging napoleons grande armee motivation military culture and masculinity in the french army 1800 1808 michael j hughes electronic resource represents a specific individual material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in university of san diego libraries