Empire and military revolution in eastern Europe : Russia's Turkish wars in the eighteenth century / Brian Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Brian.

Series:

Continuum studies in military history.

Continuum studies in military history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russia--History, Military--18th century.

Russia.

Russia--Foreign relations--Turkey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In terms of resource mobilization and devastation the wars between Russia, the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire were some of the largest of the eighteenth century, and had enormous consequences for the balance of power in Eastern Europe.Davies examines how these conflicts characterized the course of Russian military development in response to Ottoman and Crimean Tatar threats and to determine under what circumstances and in what ways Russian military power experienced a revolution awarding it clear preponderance over the Ottoman-Crimean system. A central part of this Davies' argument is

Contents:

Preface; Map; Chapter One; The Trampled Lands; Chapter Two; The Northern War and the New Russian Army; Chapter Three; The Prut and Caspian Wars; Chapter Four; War, Peace and Taxes, 1710-1735; Chapter Five; The Russo-Turkish War, 1736-1739; Chapter Six; Empire and Military Revolution, 1740-1774; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613307774

9781283307772

1283307774

9781441168801

144116880X

OCLC:

758336025