European Military Rivalry, 1500–1750: Fierce Pageant
Gregory Hanlon, "European Military Rivalry, 1500–1750: Fierce Pageant"
English | ISBN: 1138368989 | 2020 | 336 pages | EPUB | 13 MB
English | ISBN: 1138368989 | 2020 | 336 pages | EPUB | 13 MB
European Military Rivalry, 1500–1750: Fierce Pageant examines more than 200 years of international rivalry across Western, Central, and Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean rim.
The book charts the increasing scale, expenditure and duration of early modern wars; the impact of modern fortification on strategy and the movement of armies; the incidence of guerrilla war and localized conflict typical of the French wars of religion; the recourse by warlords to private financing of troops and supplies; and the creation of disciplined standing armies and navies in the age of Absolutism, made possible by larger bureaucracies. In addition to discussing key events and personalities of military rivalry during this period, the book describes the operational mechanics of early modern warfare and the crucial role of taxation and state borrowing. The relationship between the Christian West and the Ottoman Empire is also extensively analysed.