Guineas and Gunpowder : British Foreign Aid in the Wars with France, 1793-1815 / John M. Sherwig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sherwig, John M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military assistance, British.

Europe--History--1789-1815.

France--History, Military--1789-1815.

Great Britain--History, Military--1789-1820.

Local Subjects:

Europe--History--1789-1815.

France--History, Military--1789-1815.

Great Britain--History, Military--1789-1820.

Military assistance, British.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (407 p.): 1 Frontispiz, 4 Ktn.

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

I. THE FORMATION OF THE FIRST COALITION

II. THE PRUSSIAN SUBSIDY

III. A NEW ORIENTATION FOR THE COALITION

IV. THE COLLAPSE OF THE FIRST COALITION

V. ORIGINS OF THE SECOND COALITION

VI. THE SECOND COALITION

VII. THE THIRD COALITION

VIII. THE END OF AN EPOCH

IX. A NEW DIRECTION FOR BRITISH WAR POLICY

X. BRITISH SUBSIDIES AND THE WAR IN THE PENINSULA

XI. VICTORY IN THE PENINSULA

XII. BRITAIN AND THE RISING OF THE NATIONS

XIII. FORGING THE GRAND ALLIANCE

XIV. THE FINAL COALITION

XV. CONCLUSION

APPENDIX BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

Appendix.

TABLE OF EVENTS IN FRENCH HISTORY 1789-1815

SUBSIDY PAYMENTS TO THE ALLIES 1793-1816

Comparison of Subsidy Payments, Cost of British Army in Europe, and Total Costs of British Army, Navy, and Ordnance, 1793-1803 and 1804-1816

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

0-674-43336-X

OCLC:

1013954446