War in the Eighteenth-Century World

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.>

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction
1700-20
1720-40
1740-60
1760-80
1780-1800
Naval Capability and Warfare
War and Society
Conclusions
Selected Further Reading
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Index.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Jeremy Black

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jeremy Black, Professor Jeremy Black
• Verlag: Macmillan
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 07.12.2012
• EAN: 9780230370029
• ISBN: 978-0-230-37002-9
• Seiten: 280
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; B, History, HISTORY / World, world history, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, General and world history, World History, Global and Transnational History