Warfare In The Eighteenth Century
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Author | : Jeremy Black |
Publisher | : Harper Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2006-01-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780060851231 |
Worldwide warfare might seem like a twentieth-century development, but the colonial empires of Europe fought wars around the globe in the eighteenth. With domains spreading to the Americas and across the Pacific Ocean to Asia, a great power such as France could find itself fighting simultaneously against England's Hanoverian king in northern Germany, in the waters of the English Channel, and on the grounds of what became Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Jeremy Black explains not just the wheres and whys of those wars, but also the hows. The Age of Enlightenment on the battlefield. Diversity of tactics and weapons used around the globe. After the death of Louis XIV, French hegemony yielded to French decline and the French Revolution. Shifting balance of power sets the stage for the rise of Prussia. The American Revolution witnesses the origins of guerilla warfare.
Author | : Jeremy Black |
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Release | : 2002-08-01 |
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ISBN | : 9781552782880 |
Author | : Jeremy Black |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2009-05-01 |
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ISBN | : 9781437965513 |
The colonial empires of Europe fought wars around the globe in the 18th-century. With domains spreading to the Americas and across the Pacific Ocean to Asia, France could find itself fighting simultaneously against England¿s Hanoverian king in northern Germany, in the waters of the English Channel, and on the grounds of what became Pittsburgh, PA. This book explains the where, why, what and how of: The Age of Enlightenment on the battlefield; the Diversity of tactics and weapons used around the globe; After the death of Louis XIV, French hegemony yielded to French decline and the French Revolution; the Shifting balance of power set the stage for the rise of Prussia; and The American Revolution witnessed the origins of guerilla warfare. Illustrations.
Author | : Larry H. Addington |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Military art and science |
ISBN | : 0253301327 |
The reviews of the first edition include: There is nothing else in print that tells so much so concisely about how war has been conducted since the days of Gen. George Washington. - Russell F. Weigley. A superior synthesis. Well written, nicely organized, remarkably comprehensive, and laced with facts. - Military Affairs. A thorough revision of a highly successful text, this new edition provides a comprehensive picture of the evolution of modern warfare. Addington discusses developments in strategies and tactics, logistics and weaponry, and provides detailed discussions of important battles and campaigns. His book is an excellent introduction for both students and the general reader. A companion volume, The Patterns of War through the Eighteenth Century, provides an overview of war and warfare in the West from ancient times to the early modern era.
Author | : Larry H. Addington |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780253205513 |
" . . . a concise, highly readable survey of pre- 19th-century warfare." —Choice "A remarkable tour de force covering a vast span of time, different cultures, warfare by land and sea." —Gunther Rothenberg A history of war and warfare from ancient to early modern times, Larry Addington's new book completes his survey of the patterns of war in the Western world. It explains not only what happened in warfare but why war in a certain time and culture took on distinct and recognizable patterns.
Author | : Sam Willis |
Publisher | : Boydell Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781843833673 |
Our understanding of warfare at sea in the eighteenth century has always been divorced from the practical realities of fighting at sea under sail; our knowledge of tactics is largely based upon the ideas of contemporary theorists rather than practitioners] who knew little of the realities of sailing warfare, and our knowledge of command is similarly flawed. In this book the author presents new evidence from contemporary sources that overturns many old assumptions and introduces a host of new ideas. In a series of thematic chapters, following the rough chronology of a sea fight from initial contact to damage repair, the author offers a dramatic interpretation of fighting at sea in the eighteenth century, and explains in greater depth than ever before how and why sea battles (including Trafalgar) were won and lost in the great Age of Sail. He explains in detail how two ships or fleets identified each other to be enemies; how and why they manoeuvred for battle; how a commander communicated his ideas, and how and why his subordinates acted in the way that they did. SAM WILLIS has lectured at Bristol University and at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. He is also the author of Fighting Ships, 1750-1850(Quercus).
Author | : Jeremy Black |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2012-12-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0230370004 |
Placing eighteenth-century warfare in a truly global context, Jeremy Black challenges conventional accounts and offers a reappraisal of debates in Western and Asian history. This concise, up-to-date survey assumes little prior knowledge and provides cutting-edge historical insights into a crucial period of world history.
Author | : Professor Robert S. Quimby |
Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | : 546 |
Release | : 2015-11-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1786255057 |
Professor Emeritus Robert S. Quimby examines the strategic and tactical revolution that swept through the French military hierarchy in the Eighteenth Century and forged the superb instrument that became lethal in the hands of Napoleon and his generals. “The period from the opening of the War of the Spanish Succession to the meeting of the Estates-General is generally looked upon as a period of decadence in the history of the French Army. Compared with the great days of Louis XIV or with those of the Revolution and Napoleon this estimate seems correct enough. It was a period of many humiliations. The disasters inflicted upon France by Marlborough and Prince Eugene were followed by the much more humiliating failures of the Seven Years’ War. Yet the record is not without its glorious moments. During the War of the Austrian Succession, a series of brilliant successes was won under the leadership of the great Saxe. If the combat record of the French Army was, to say the least, uneven during the eighteenth century, such was not the case with its intellectual achievements. The French Army stood foremost among all those of Europe in this respect. Throughout most of the years of the century, there was a great intellectual ferment within the Army leading to major developments in ideas and in material improvement. Within a few years after the War of the Spanish Succession, books began to appear, pointing out defects in the tactics then in use and proposing changes. After the Seven Years’ War, the number of such books greatly increased. The result was to stimulate an ardent and at times acrimonious debate. Book countered book; pamphlets and memorials multiplied. Gradually, through the abandonment of more extreme ideas, a compromise was worked out. Embodied in the Ordinance of 1791, this became the basis for the tactics of the Wars of the French Revolution and of Napoleon.”-Introduction.
Author | : Maarten Ultee |
Publisher | : University Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Military history, Modern |
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Author | : Sir Edward Cust |
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Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1858 |
Genre | : Europe |
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