The Military Revolution Debate Readings On The Military Transformation Of Early Modern Europe (PDF)

You must be logged in to access this title.

Sign up now

Already a member? Log in

Synopsis

The debate about the "Military Revolution" has been one of the most controversial and exciting areas of discussion and research in the fields of early modern European history and military history. Scholars have long sought to explain the massive changes in European military techniques and technologies that took place between the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the industrial age - changes that transformed the armies and navies of the West into the most powerful war-making entities the world had ever known. Historians have disagreed about and vigorously debated the importance of these changes for European politics, for the process of state formation, for the rise of the West, and for warfare itself. This book brings together, for the first time, the classic articles that began and have shaped this debate, adding important new essays by eminent historians of early modern Europe to further this important scholarly interchange. The contributors consider topics ranging from the battlefield to the gunmaker's workshop, from England to India, and from the fourteenth to the eighteenth centuries. The Military Revolution Debate will be required reading for anyone interested in what is undoubtedly one of the hottest areas in military history today.

Book details

Author:
Clifford J Rogers
ISBN:
9780429964817
Related ISBNs:
9780813320533, 9780813320540, 9780429496264, 9780429496264, 9780813320540, 9780813320540, 9780367318727, 9780367318727, 9780813320533, 9780813320533
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2018-06-21
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1995
Copyright by:
 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Nonfiction