Plotting power : strategy in the eighteenth century / Jeremy Black.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Black, Jeremy, 1955- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military history, Modern--18th century.

Military history, Modern.

Strategy.

International relations--History--18th century.

International relations.

World politics--18th century.

World politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Military strategy takes place as much on broad national and international stages as on battlefields. In a brilliant reimagining of the impetus and scope of eighteenth-century warfare, historian Jeremy Black takes us far and wide, from the battlefields and global maneuvers in North America and Europe to the military machinations and plotting of such Asian powers as China, Japan, Burma, Vietnam, and Siam. Europeans coined the term "strategy" only two centuries ago, but strategy as a concept has been practiced globally throughout history. Taking issue with traditional military historians, Black argues persuasively that strategy was as much political as battlefield tactics and that plotting power did not always involve outright warfare but also global considerations of alliance building, trade agreements, and intimidation."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The struggle for power

The reach for world empire: Britain, 1700-83

The strategy of the Ancien regime: France 1700-89

The flow of ideas

The strategy of continental empires

The strategy of the "barbarians"

The rise of Republican strategies, 1775-1800

Imperial imaginings, 1783-1800

Conclusions

Postscript: Strategy and military history

Selected further reading.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253026798

0253026792

OCLC:

978352003