Warfare in the eighteenth century / Jeremy Black.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Black, Jeremy, 1955-

Contributor:

Keegan, John, 1934-2012.

Series:

Smithsonian history of warfare

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military history, Modern--18th century.

Military history, Modern.

Military art and science--History--18th century.

Military art and science.

History.

Physical Description:

240 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Smithsonian Books/Collins in association with Cassell, 2005.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction: Warfare in the Eighteenth Century 18

1 War without Europeans 24

2 Europeans versus Non-Europeans 62

3 Transoceanic Conflict between Europeans 100

4 The American War of Independence 118

5 Naval Warfare 138

6 War within Europe 162

7 The Coming of Revolution 196

Conclusion: The World Picture 208.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-229) and index.

ISBN:

0060851236

OCLC:

61362200