Frederick the Great : a military history / Dennis Showalter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Showalter, Dennis E., author.

Standardized Title:

Wars of Frederick the Great

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786--Military leadership.

Frederick.

Prussia (Germany)--History, Military.

Prussia (Germany).

Prussia (Germany)--History--Frederick II, 1740-1786.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (601 p.)

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Frontline Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Frederick the Great is one of history's most important leaders. Famed for his military successes and domestic reforms, his campaigns were a watershed in the history of Europe - securing Prussia's place as a continental power and inaugurating a new pattern of total war that was to endure until 1916. However, much myth surrounds this enigmatic man - his personality and his role as politician, warrior and king. Showalter's cleverly written book provides a refreshing, multidimensional depiction of Frederick the Great and an objective, detailed reappraisal of his military, political and social achi

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 - Matrices and Probabilities""; ""WAYS OF WAR IN THE AGE OF REASON""; ""PRUSSIA: AN ARMY WITH ITS OWN COUNTRY?""; ""FREDERICK THE YOUNG, 1712 � 40""; ""Chapter 2 - Wars for Silesia: 1740 � 45""; ""A PROVINCE OVERRUN""; ""AUSTRIA�S RESPONSE""; ""PEACE, AND WAR AGAIN""; ""THE PRUSSIAN ARMY TAKES STOCK""; ""SECOND ROUND FOR SILESIA""; ""A PROVINCE SECURED""; ""Chapter 3 - Breathing Space and Renewals""; ""PLANNING THE NEXT ROUND""; ""MEN AND WEAPONS: PRUSSIA�S MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE""

""�TRAIN AS YOU PROPOSE TO FIGHT�: PRUSSIA�S MILITARY EVOLUTION BETWEEN 1745 AND 1756""""THE DIPLOMATIC REVOLUTION OF 1756""; ""Chapter 4 - Prussia Ascendant""; ""BLITZKRIEG WITHOUT VICTORY: SEPTEMBER 1756 � APRIL 1757""; ""THE SHOCK OF VICTORY, THE AGONY OF DEFEAT: PRAGUE AND KOLIN""; ""FRANCE TAKES THE FIELD""; ""A TIDE STEMMED: THE CAMPAIGN OF ROSSBACH""; ""A CORNER TURNED: THE LEUTHEN CAMPAIGN""; ""Chapter 5 - Years of Balance: 1758 � 59""; ""THE ROAD TO ZORNDORF""; ""HOCHKIRCH: THE UNEXPECTED BLOODY NOSE""; ""FREDERICK TAKES STOCK""; ""KUNERSDORF: RUSSIA TAKES CENTRE STAGE""

""MAXEN: SYMBOL OF DECLINE""""Chapter 6 - Prussia Contra Europe, 1760 � 63""; ""FEINTS AND INITIATIVES: THE SUMMER CAMPAIGN OF 1760""; ""TORGAU: THE FINAL KILLING GROUND""; ""1761: YEAR OF EXHAUSTION""; ""1762: THE END-GAME""; ""Chapter 7 - Coda: 1763 � 86""; ""PRUSSIA�S RECOVERY""; ""REMODELLING THE ARMY""; ""TESTING THE DETERRENT""; ""THE LAST VICTORY""; ""Reflections""; ""Further Reading""; ""Index""

Notes:

"First published as The wars of Frederick the Great in 1996 by Longman Publishing, New York"--Title page verso.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-363) and index.

ISBN:

9781783034796

1783034793

OCLC:

854974641