The Projection and Limitations of Imperial Powers, 1618-1850 ( 1 )

Publication series ：1

Author： Schneid Frederick C.

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2012

E-ISBN: 9789004226708

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004226715

P-ISBN(Hardback): 9789004226715

Subject： E19 military history

Keyword：中国军事

Language： ENG

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Description

The two centuries that chronologically bind the topics in this volume span a period when Europe was in its global ascendancy. This volume explores the various factors related to the projection and limitation of imperial powers in the western world between 1618 and 1850.

Chapter

The Projection and Limitations of Imperial Powers, 1618–1850

Contents

List of Contributors

List of Abbreviations

Foreword

Introduction

Meaningless Conflict? The Character of the Thirty Years War

War and Warfare in the Age of Louis XIV: The Global Context

The Other Side of Victory: Honorable Surrender during the Wars of Louis XIV

Italy, Piedmont and French Anti-Habsburg Strategy, 1690–1748

Reform and Stability: Prussia’s Military Dialectic from Hubertusberg to Waterloo

Russia as a Great Military Power, 1762–1825

Aspects of Military and Operational Effectiveness of the Armies of France, Austria, Russia and Prussia in 1813

The Napoleonic Wars in Global Perspective

Europe’s Progress and America’s Success, 1760–1850

War and Revolution in the Age of the Risorgimento, 1820–1849

Index

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