Beyond the Military Revolution: War in the Seventeenth Century World

The seventeenth century has long been seen as a period of 'crisis' or transition from the pre-modern to the modern world. This book offers a chance to explore this crisis from the perspective of war and military institutions in a way that should appeal to those doing global history.By placing 17th century warfare in a global context, Black challenges conventional chronologies and permits a reappraisal of the debate over what has been seen as the Military Revolution of the early-modern period. The book discusses war with regard to strategic cultures, assesses military capability in terms of tasks and challenges faced and attaches styles of warfare to their social and political contexts. Genuinely global in range, this up-to-date and wide-ranging account provides fresh historiographical insights into this crucial period in world history.

History

Jeremy Black

Military

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

The first full new study of George III in thirty years The sixty-year reign of George III (1760–1820) witnessed and participated in some of the most critical events of modern world history: the ending of the Seven Years’ War with France, the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, the campaign against Napoleon Bonaparte and battle of Waterloo in 1815, and Union with Ireland in 1801. Despite the pathos of the last years of the mad, blind, and neglected monarch, it is a life full of importance and interest. Jeremy Black’s biography deals comprehensively with the politics, the wars, and the domestic issues, and harnesses the richest range of unpublished sources in Britain, Germany, and the United States. But, using George III’s own prolific correspondence, it also interrogates the man himself, his strong religious faith, and his powerful sense of moral duty to his family and to his nation. Black considers the king’s scientific, cultural, and intellectual interests as no other biographer has done, and explores how he was viewed by his contemporaries. Identifying George as the last British ruler of the Thirteen Colonies, Black reveals his strong personal engagement in the struggle for America and argues that George himself, his intentions and policies, were key to the conflict.

George III: America’s Last King (The English Monarchs Series)

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Yale University Press

'...his book will certainly become a standard introduction to the period. (The book) is quite unmatched for its range of information and reference on every topic discussed.' Times Literary Supplement

Eighteenth Century Europe: 1700-1789 (History of Europe)

Americas

St.Martin's Press

Britain in the age of Walpole (Problems in focus)

Europe

Macmillan

Convergence or Divergence: Britain and the Continent

Mhe;Standing Order Sbn (Hc)

Macmillan Dummy List

The British navy and the use of naval power in the eighteenth century

Philip Woodfine

Leicester University Press

War for America: The Fight for Independence, 1775-83 (Illustrated History Paperbacks)

Sutton Publishing+ltd

Encyclopedia of World History by Jeremy, Editor Blac (1999-05-03)

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Paragon Books, Bath

World History From Prehistoric Times to the Present Day

Barnes & Noble Inc. by arrangement with Parragon

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