Age of Battles

The Quest for Decisive Warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

Av Russell F. Weigley, Russell Frank Weigley

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"One of the most interesting, important, and ambitious books about the conduct, and perhaps the ultimate futility, of war." —Gunther E. Rothenberg"[A] highly scholarly and wonderfully absorbing study." —John Bayley, The London Review of Books"What Russell F. Weigley writes, the rest of us read. The Age of Battles is a persuasive reminder that even in the age of 'rational' warfare, one can honestly wonder why war seemed an unavoidable policy choice." —Allan R. Millett, The Journal of American History

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Utgivningsdatum2004-04-28
Mått156 x 235 x 33 mm
Vikt839 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieIndiana University Press (IPS)
Antal sidor608
FörlagIndiana University Press
ISBN9780253217073

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IntroductionNote on DatesPart One. The Profession of Officership and the Birth of Modern War1. The Return of the Legions: Gustavus Adolphus and Breitenfeld2. The Limits of the New Legions: Lützen and After3. Under the Lily Banners: Rocroi4. The Army of the Sun King5. Marlborough's Battles: Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, and Malplaquet6. The Emergence of the Great Powers of Eastern Europe7. The Rise of Naval PowerPart Two. The EIghteenth Century: The Classical Epoch of Modern War8. The Battles of Frederick the Great9. The French and British Armed Forces from the Rhine to the St. Lawrence10. Toward Wars of Nations: The War of American Independence11. Prelude to RevolutionPart Three. Thunderstrokes of Battle: The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars12. The French Revolution: Transformation and Continuity in War13. Sea Power and Empire14. The Climax of Napoleonic War: To Austerlitz and Jena-Auerstädt15. The Gradual Eclipse of the Battle of Annihilation; The Rise of the War of Attrition16. Campaigns of Exhaustion and Attrition17. The Resurgence of Military Professionalism18. The Downfall of Genius19. The End of an Age: Waterloo20. On the Future of WarBibliographical NotesIndex