The Seven Years' War : global views / editors, Mark H. Danley, Patrick J. Speelman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Danley, Mark H.

Speelman, Patrick J.

Series:

History of Warfare ; 80.

History of warfare ; v. 80

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seven Years' War, 1756-1763.

Anglo-French War, 1755-1763.

Anglo-Spanish War, 1762-1763.

Europe--History--1648-1789.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (644 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Seven Years’ War: Global Views , Mark H. Danley, Patrick J. Speelman, and sixteen other contributors reach beyond traditional approaches to illuminate the conflict as world war. An introduction addresses the challenges of discretely defining the war. Chapters examine theaters such as the Carnatic, Bengal, the Philippines, Portugal, Senegal, and the Caribbean. Other chapters treat understudied topics such as the Anglo-Cherokee campaigns, Sweden’s participation, Ottoman neutrality, the Vatican, European perceptions of Cossacks and Kalmyks, the Enlightenment and the war, the choosing of sides in Europe and North America, social and political aspects of French and British military life, operational reconnaissance, and the war’s complex ending in western Germany. A conclusion situates the war as a marker of modernity. Contributors are in order of appearance: Juergen Luh, Armstrong Starkey, Matthew C. Ward, G.J. Bryant, Johannes Burkhardt, Gunnar Aselius, Virginia H. Aksan, Julia Osman, Ewa Anklam, Mrian Fuessel, James Searing, Richard Harding, John Oliphant, Mark H. Danley, Patrick J. Speelman, Nicholas Tracy, and Matt Schumann.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Mark H. Danley and Patrick J. Speelman

Introduction: The ‛Problem’ of the Seven Years’ War / Mark H. Danley

Frederick the Great and the First ‘World’ War / Jürgen Luh

“To Encourage the Others”: The Philosophes and the War / Armstrong Starkey

Understanding Native American Alliances / Matthew C. Ward

The War in the Carnatic / G.J. Bryant

Religious War or Imperial War? Views of the Seven Years' War from Germany and Rome / Johannes Burkhardt

Sweden and the Pomeranian War / Gunnar Åselius

The Ottoman Absence from the Battlefields of the Seven Years’ War / Virginia H. Aksan

Pride, Prejudice and Prestige: French Officers in North America during the Seven Years' War / Julia Osman

Battre l'estrade: Military Reconnaissance in the German Theatre of War / Ewa Anklam

“Féroces et barbares?” Cossacks, Kalmyks and Russian Irregular Warfare during the Seven Years’ War / Marian Füssel

The Seven Years’ War in West Africa: The End of Company Rule and the Emergence of the Habitants / James F. Searing

The War in the West Indies / Richard Harding

The Anglo-Cherokee War, 1759–1761 / John Oliphant

The British Political Press and Military Thought during the Seven Years’ War / Mark H. Danley

The War in Bengal / G.J. Bryant

Strategic Illusions and the Iberian War of 1762 / Patrick J. Speelman

The British Expedition to Manila / Nicholas Tracy

The End of the Seven Years’ War in Germany / Matt Schumann

Conclusion: Father of the Modern Age / Patrick J. Speelman

Selected Bibliography / Mark H. Danley and Patrick J. Speelman

Index / Mark H. Danley and Patrick J. Speelman.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-85487-2

90-04-23644-9

OCLC:

820054119

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004236448 DOI