An edition of The early modern world (2007)

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Greenwood Press
Language
English
Pages
183

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Subjects

History, Military Sociology, Military art and science, Sociology, Military, Soldiers

Places

Europe

Times

16th century, 17th century, 18th century

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2007, Greenwood Press
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Table of Contents

Series forward
Introduction
Soldiers in a revolutionary age?
Scope
Arrangement
Timeline
Prologue: early modern warfare in practice
Pavia (1525): warfare in the age of mercenaries and gunpowder
Breitenfeld (1631): the quest for decision
Leuthen (1757): professionalism and enlightened warfare
The matrix of war: policies, strategies, and mentalities
The warmaking state
Duels of faith and empire
The time of the dynasties
Where they came from, why, and how
Listening for the drum
Weapons and men
Signing on
Alternative approaches to recruiting soldiers
Technologies, tactics, and training
Gunpowder cannons, new fortresses, and siege warfare
Drill, discipline, and muskets: the rise of infantry
The poor bloody cavalry
Command and leadership
The age of entrepreneurs, 1494-1648
The age of noblemen, 1648-1740
The age of the officer, 1740-1789
The relationship between the leader and the led
Morale and motivation
Religious belief as motivation for war
Morale and motivation of officers
Morale and motivation of ordinary soldiers
Structure and routines
Early days for the soldier
Moving into war, physically and psychologically
Camp life
Women and children with the regiment
Medicine, sexual diseases, and sanitation
Rewards of the job
The creation of standing armies
Training, punishment, and at ease
Billets and quarters: living outside of camp
Afterward: veterans
Europeans in a world of war
European reconnaissance and initial conquests
Pebbles in a flood: Europeans in Asia
The Sepoy exception in India
Westerners: opportunistic entrepreneurs or natural born killers?
The American experience: Southern hemisphere
The Northern hemisphere and the first way of war
Conclusion.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-177) and index.

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Westport, Conn
Series
Soldiers' lives through history

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
355.1094/0903
Library of Congress
U765 .S56 2007

The Physical Object

Pagination
lii, 183 p. :
Number of pages
183

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17986625M
ISBN 10
0313333122
ISBN 13
9780313333125
LCCN
2006039151
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2467204

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