The age of battles : the quest for decisive warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo / Russell F. Weigley
1993, First Edition. London : Pimlico. First UK edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #431940
ISBN: 0712658564
Physical description; xviii, 579 pages : maps. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-558) and index. Contents; The return of the legions : Gustavus Adolphus and Breitenfeld -- The limits of the new legions : Lützen and after -- Under the lily banners : Rocroi -- The army of the Sun King -- Marlborough's battles : Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, and Malplaquet -- The emergence of the great powers of Eastern Europe -- The rise of naval power -- The battles of Frederick the Great -- The French and British armed forces from the Rhine to the St. Lawrence -- Toward wars of nations : the war of American independence -- Prelude to revolution -- The French Revolution : transformation and continuity in war -- Sea power and empire -- The climax of Napoleonic war : to Austerlitz and Jena-Auerstädt -- The gradual eclipse of the battle of annihilation : the rise of the war of attrition -- Campaigns of exhaustion and attrition -- The resurgence of military professionalism -- The downfall of genius -- The end of an age : Waterloo -- On the future of war. Subjects; 1648-1789. Military art and science Europe History. Battles Europe History. Military history, Modern. Battles. Military art and science. War History. Battles History. War studies.
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