La Puissance Française À La « Belle Époque » 1992
DOI: 10.3917/comp.dhist.1992.01.0199
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“…80 Famously, Bismarck and Caprivi were able, in the wake of the Boulanger crisis, to use this spectre of the vengeful neighbour to pass ve-and seven-year military budgets in 1887 and 1892, despite the Reichstag's usual predilection for shorter-term grants. 81 Although references to a French enemy were rare when the army budget was next discussed in 1897, the image of France as a powerful military rival did not simply dissolve, even under the impact of the Dreyfus affair, the 'affaire des ches', repeated resignations, scare stories, technical failures and mutinies. Admittedly, most German correspondents did believe from the late 1890s onwards that the French military was weaker than that of the Reich and that it was bound to decline over the long term, as a consequence of demographic stagnation, but this did not mean that France's armed forces were completely discredited in Germany.…”
Section: IIImentioning
confidence: 99%
“…80 Famously, Bismarck and Caprivi were able, in the wake of the Boulanger crisis, to use this spectre of the vengeful neighbour to pass ve-and seven-year military budgets in 1887 and 1892, despite the Reichstag's usual predilection for shorter-term grants. 81 Although references to a French enemy were rare when the army budget was next discussed in 1897, the image of France as a powerful military rival did not simply dissolve, even under the impact of the Dreyfus affair, the 'affaire des ches', repeated resignations, scare stories, technical failures and mutinies. Admittedly, most German correspondents did believe from the late 1890s onwards that the French military was weaker than that of the Reich and that it was bound to decline over the long term, as a consequence of demographic stagnation, but this did not mean that France's armed forces were completely discredited in Germany.…”
Section: IIImentioning
confidence: 99%