Gustavus V Wallenstein : Military Revolution, Rivalry and Tragedy in the Thirty Years War.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pike, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648.

Military history, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (562 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Pen & Sword Books Limited, 2024.

Summary:

The book 'Gustavus v Wallenstein' by John Pike explores the military strategies and historical significance of Gustavus Adolphus and Wallenstein during the Thirty Years' War. It delves into their contrasting methods, achievements, and the broader impact on European politics and warfare. The narrative covers key battles, alliances, and the evolution of military tactics. Aimed at historians and military enthusiasts, it highlights the transformative nature of this period in shaping modern warfare and statecraft. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Book Title

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

Chapter I A Time of Wars

The Thirty Years' War

A time of wars and the defenestration of Prague

Other elements of the European and global war

France and the Thirty Years' War

A game of thrones

Gustavus Adolphus

Wallenstein

The Thirty Years' War in Germany, 1618-29

Chapter II Gustavus in Search of Security, Identity and Glory

Gustavus, Sweden and strategy, 1604-20

Kalmar War (Danish war), 1611-13

Ingrian War, 1610-17 (against Poland and Russia)

Chapter III Wallenstein at War on the Carpathian Frontier

The Catholic terror in Bohemia, bonfire of freedom and Counter-Reformation, 1620-48

Wallenstein at bay in the eastern marches

The war expands to the Carpathian frontiers of Moravia, Hungary,and Transylvania, 1619-22

The Treaty of Nikolsburg, December 1621, and the Compromise of Sopron, 1622

Plates

Chapter IV Gustavus Invades Polish Livonia and Captures Riga

War in the Baltic: Sweden v Poland, the Livonian phase, 1621-23

Poland in 1618: Noble oligarchy

Baltic strategic issues

Siege of Riga and the course of the first Livonian War, 1621

Chapter V Danish Intervention - The Rise of Wallenstein

Enter Wallenstein, 1626: the 'Offer'

Danish foreign policy and competition with Sweden

The Hague Treaty 1625 with Denmark: 'to intervene or not to intervene that is the question'

Wallenstein and war finance

The grudging acceptance of the offer, 17 April 1626

Discipline

Wallenstein's relationship with officers

Battle joined with the Danes, 1626

The Battle of Dessau Bridge, 25 April 1626

Mansfeld's last hurrah, Silesian campaign, Transylvanian overtures, 1626

Bethlen Gábor's way of war: Mansfeld at bay, late summer-autumn 1626

Battle of Lutter, 27 August 1626.

Wallenstein: the 'winter of discontent', 1626-27

The defeat of Denmark: Wallenstein rides high, 1627-28

Chapter VI Gustavus Fights for the Baltic

Livonian campaign second phase, 1625-26

Diplomacy with Russia, Sweden prepares the invasion of Prussian Poland, 1616-28

Sweden's Invasion of the Polish Prussian coast, 1626

Development of the Prussian beachhead, June-December 1626

Battles for Mewe, September-October 1626

International reaction

Sweden's Polish Prussia campaign, 1627

Sweden's Polish Prussia campaign, 1628

Sweden's Polish Prussia campaign, 1629

Sweden, France and the Truce of Altmark, September 1629

Swedish economy, military-industrial complex, sinews of war, 1600-30

Chapter VII The Edict and Dismissal of Wallenstein

The siege of Stralsund, 1628

Gustavus's Scots and English soldiers

The consequences of Stralsund and new strategic directions

The 'miraculous' Treaty of Lubeck, Danish fightback and the exit of Denmark, 1629

Spanish designs for a Baltic maritime dream, 1627-29

Wallenstein and the Duchy of Mecklenburg, 1627-29

Wallenstein becomes Duke of Mecklenburg, 1629, and von Moltke 'the collaborator'

The Edict of Restitution, background and reactions, 1627-29

The Diet of Regensburg, French diplomacy and the dismissal of Wallenstein, 1629

Ferdinand's errors: 'toil and trouble'

Peace and diplomacy at Regensburg

The Day of the Dupes and the wars converge, 1630

Chapter VIII Enter Gustavus and the Battle of Breitenfeld

The Swedish decision to intervene in Germany

The French-Swedish Treaty of Barwalde, January 1631

Franco- Bavarian Treaty of Fontainebleau, 30 May 1631

Swedish invasion: building a base in Pomerania, 1630-31

The Leipzig Convention, March 1631

The Magdeburg campaign, 1629-May 1631.

The storming of Frankfort an der Oder, 13-15 April 1631

The sack of Magdeburg, 19 May 1631

The subjugation of Brandenburg, June 1631

The laager at Werben, August 1631, and the engineering corps

Military engineering

The Battle of Werben, early August 1631

The Breitenfeld campaign, September 1631

Trial by battle, Breitenfeld, 17 September 1631

Evolution of military tactics and technology, the impact of Gustavus

Chapter IX Gustavus Rampant and Wallenstein Recall

Gustavus's use of the victory, autumn-winter 1631

Gustavus's masterplan, 1631

Transylvanian and Ottoman possibilities

Modern warfare - magazines and bases of supply

Finance, economics, contribution and salvia guardia

The diplomatic consequences of the Swedish march to the Rhine,1631-32

Gustavus's 'blitzkrieg', advance to Mainz, autumn 1631

Gustavus and the German princes

'with friends like these …', winter 1631-32

Making war pay: Swedish army finances

The Habsburg reaction

Wallenstein's recall in late 1631-32 and mustering troops

The Göllersdorf agreement, the Emperor and Wallenstein, 14 April 1632

The Lech campaign, Gustavus's grand strategy, March 1632-15 April 1632

The Battle of Lech, 14-15 April 1632

Finnish elite forces

After Lech: the invasion of Bavaria, April-June 1632

Small wars in Germany and peasant resistance, 1631-33

Gustavus v Wallenstein

Gustavus's strategy, summer 1632

Chapter X Gustavus v Wallenstein

Towards the sieges of Nuremberg and Battle of Alte Veste, June- September 1632

Small war in Franconia, June-August 1632

Gustavus surrenders the strategic initiative to Wallenstein, June 1632

Military chess around Nuremberg, June-September 1632

Battle of Alte Veste, 1-3 September 1632

The Imperialists' Croat light cavalry, 1618-48

Gustavus at bay, September-November 1632.

Gustavus: the last gamble, Battle of Lützen, 16 November 1632

Lützen analysis and comments

Who won?

Lutzen consequences 1632-3

Chapter XI The Assassination of Wallenstein

Wallenstein: Loyalty and betrayal and the fall, November 1632- February 1634

Assessment of Wallenstein's fall and the issue of Czech nationalism

Flight

The rewards of murder

Chapter XII Gustavus and Wallenstein - an Assessment

Wallenstein and Gustavus as commanders

A comparison of strategic objectives

As leaders

Chapter XIII Military Revolution and State Modernisation

The Swedish army, 1632

The infantry fight in early modern Europe

Romans: corps deployment, logistic and encampment

Battlefield entrenchment

Cavalry

The role of artillery

Uniforms

Literacy, universities, books

Military revolution

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Notes

Bibliography

Appendix Currencies and Conversions

Index

Back cover.

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ISBN:

1-3990-1266-5

OCLC:

1430658336