Description
| Product ID: | 9781403906977 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Early Modern Military History, 1450-1815 |
| Authors: | Author: G. Mortimer |
| Page Count: | 228 |
| Subjects: | General and world history, General & world history, Warfare and defence, Warfare & defence, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 1500 to c 1600, c 1600 to c 1700, c 1700 to c 1800, c 1800 to c 1900 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Academic experts from both sides of the Atlantic review these developments, discussing the medieval legacy, Spain, the Ottoman Turks, the Thirty Years War, Prussia, the ancien régime and the Napoleonic Wars, together with sea power, the American Revolution and warfare outside the West. Key military developments occurred in the Early Modern period, during which armies evolved from troops of medieval knights to Napoleon''s mass levies. Firearms impelled change, necessitating new battlefield tactics and fundamentally altering siege and naval warfare. The size and cost of military forces expanded enormously, and new standing armies underpinned the growing absolutist power of princes. Academic experts from both sides of the Atlantic review these developments, discussing the medieval legacy, Spain, the Ottoman Turks, the Thirty Years War, Prussia, the ancient regime and the Napoleonic Wars, together with sea power, the American Revolution and warfare outside the West. |
| Imprint Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publisher Name: | Palgrave USA |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2004-06-22 |
