The Military Revolution Debate

This book brings together, for the first time, the classic articles that began and have shaped the debate about the Military Revolution in early modern Europe, adding important new essays by eminent historians of early modern Europe to further this important scholarly interchange.

Informationen zum Autor Clifford J. Rogers is an Olin Fellow in Military and Strategic History at Yale University. Klappentext This book brings together, for the first time, the classic articles that began and have shaped the debate about the Military Revolution in early modern Europe, adding important new essays by eminent historians of early modern Europe to further this important scholarly interchange. Zusammenfassung This book brings together, for the first time, the classic articles that began and have shaped the debate about the Military Revolution in early modern Europe, adding important new essays by eminent historians of early modern Europe to further this important scholarly interchange. Inhaltsverzeichnis History and Warfare -- Preface -- Credits -- The Military Revolution in History and Historiography -- Paradigms -- The Military Revolution, 1560-1660 -- The 'Military Revolution, 1560-1660A Myth? -- The Military Revolutions of the Hundred Years War -- A Military Revolution? A1660-1792 Perspective -- Aspects -- Recalculating French Army Growth During the Grand Siede, 1610-1715 -- The Military Revolution and the Professionalisation of the French Army Under the Ancien Régime -- The trace italienne and the Growth of Armies: The French Case -- Fortifications and the Military Revolution: The Gonzaga Experience, 1530-1630 -- Strategy and Tactics in the Thirty Years' War: The 'Military Revolution -- Tactics or Politics? The Military Revolution ' and the Hapsburg Hegemony, 1525-1648 -- Money, Money, and Yet More Money! Finance, the Fiscal-State, and the Military Revolution: Spain 1500-1650 -- The Military Revolution: Origins and First Tests Abroad -- Rejoinder -- In Defense of The Military Revolution -- About the Book and Editor -- About the Contributors

Autorentext
Clifford J. Rogers is an Olin Fellow in Military and Strategic History at Yale University.

Inhalt
History and Warfare -- Preface -- Credits -- The Military Revolution in History and Historiography -- Paradigms -- The Military Revolution, 1560-1660 -- The 'Military Revolution, 1560-1660A Myth? -- The Military Revolutions of the Hundred Years War -- A Military Revolution? A1660-1792 Perspective -- Aspects -- Recalculating French Army Growth During the Grand Siede, 1610-1715 -- The Military Revolution and the Professionalisation of the French Army Under the Ancien Régime -- The trace italienne and the Growth of Armies: The French Case -- Fortifications and the Military Revolution: The Gonzaga Experience, 1530-1630 -- Strategy and Tactics in the Thirty Years' War: The 'Military Revolution -- Tactics or Politics? The Military Revolution ' and the Hapsburg Hegemony, 1525-1648 -- Money, Money, and Yet More Money! Finance, the Fiscal-State, and the Military Revolution: Spain 1500-1650 -- The Military Revolution: Origins and First Tests Abroad -- Rejoinder -- In Defense of The Military Revolution -- About the Book and Editor -- About the Contributors