Par l’armée, pour l’armée : les comités militaires de la monarchie constitutionnelle. Entre exigences politiques et contraintes techniques (1789‐1792)

Nothing is more classic than writing about the military policy of the Revolution. But nothing is less known than the parliamentary institutions, which are the protagonists and the main players in this evolution: the first military committees of National Assemblies. This article intends to fill this historiographical gap through a comparative analysis of their work during the Constituent and Legislative Analysis. Finally, this writing leads to a questioning of traditional interpretations, showing that, far from being a mere instrument of the Assembly, the committees gradually free themselves from its control, defining their work in a permanent tension between technical requirements and political criteria.