Strategy before Clausewitz : linking warfare and statecraft, 1400-1830 / Beatrice Heuser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heuser, Beatrice, 1961- author.

Series:

Cass military studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strategy--History.

Strategy.

History.

Military history, Modern--Case studies.

Military history, Modern.

Military art and science--Europe--History.

Military art and science.

Relations.

Europe.

Europe--Relations.

International relations.

Genre:

Case studies.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 239 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Linking warfare and statecraft, 1400-1830

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Summary:

"This collection of essays combines historical research with cutting-edge analysis and makes a significant contribution to the study of the history of strategic thinking. Among leading writers of strategy, there is a debate as to whether strategy in its modern definition existed before Clausewitz or even the early 20th century. The case studies featured in this book show that strategic thinking did indeed exist before the last century, even if there was no commonly agreed word for it. The volume uses a variety of approaches. Firstly, it explores case studies which assess the strategic thinking of three monarchs whose biographers have claimed to have identified strategic thinking in their warfare: Edward III of England, Philip II of Spain, and Louis XIV of France. The book then analyses a number of famous strategic thinkers and practitioners, including Christine de Pizan, Lazarus Schwendi, Matthew Sutcliffe, Raimondo Montecuccoli, and Count Guibert. This work combines in-depth historical documentary research with strategic studies analysis. The chapters illustrate that it is language and at times conceptualisation, more than social, economic and political (let alone mental or educational), limitations that differentiate us from our forbearers. This book will be of great interest to students of strategic history and theory, military history and IR in general."--Providee by publisher.

Contents:

1 Was strategy practised before the word was used? 1

2 Christine de Pizan, the first modern strategist: good governance and conflict mediation 32

3 Denial of change: the military revolution as seen by contemporaries 48

4 The invention of modern maritime strategies: the Anglo-Spanish War of 1585-1604 69

5 A national security strategy for England: Matthew Sutcliffe, the Earl of Essex and the Cadiz Expedition of 1596 91

6 Command of the sea: the origins of a strategic concept 117

7 Lazarus Schwendi, Raimondo Montecuccoli and the Turkish wars: peaceful coexistence or rollback? 136

8 Guibert: prophet of total war? 167

9 What Clausewitz read: on the origins of some of his key ideas 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138290907

1138290904

9781138290914

1138290912

OCLC:

979566404