The Business of War: Military Enterprise and Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe

ISBN-13: 9780521514835 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 448 str.

David Parrott

Opis

This book offers a substantial reconsideration of early modern warfare and its relationship to the power of the state.

Recenzje

'Now it is evident that The Business of War will become our new reference point. However, this book is something more than a summary of recent research on the subject. This is the first major study that is free from old prejudices and examines facts at their face value.' Anton Tomsinov, Strife

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Foundations and Expansion: 1. Military resources for hire, 1450–1560; 2. The expansion of military enterprise, 1560–1620; 3. Diversity and adaptation: military enterprise during the Thirty Years' War; Part II. Operations and Structures: 4. The military contractor at war; 5. The business of war; 6. Continuity, transformation and rhetoric in European warfare after 1650; Conclusion.