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- Book Review on The Ashgate Research Companion to the Thirty Years’ War
- Book Review of Germany and the Origins of the Second World War
- Book Review of Dynasty and Piety: Archduke Albert (1598-1621) and Habsburg Political Culture in an Age of Religious Wars
- Book Review of Austria’s Wars of Emergence, 1683-1797: War, State, and Society in the Habsburg Monarchy
- Book Review of Nazi Foreign Policy, 1933-1941: The Road to Global War
- Book Review of The Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-1667): International Raison d’État, Mercantilism and Maritime Strife
- Book Review of Marlborough’s America
- Book Review of The Diplomatic Corps under Charles II and James II
- Book Review of The Seven Years’ War: Global Views
- Book Review of Shadow Flights: America’s Secret Air War against the Soviet Union
- Book Review of The Great Elector
- Book Review of What Hitler Knew: The Battle for Information in Nazi Foreign Policy
- Book Review of Poltava 1709: The Battle and the Myth
- Book Review of Strategy in the American War of Independence: A Global Approach
- Book Review of The Nine Years’ War and the British Army, 1688-1697: The Operations in the Low Countries
- Readings in the Military History of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648)
- Louis XIV’s Dutch War (1672-1678/79)
- Book Review of Charles Whitworth: Diplomat in the Age of Peter the Great
- Europe in the Age of Louis XIV (1661-1715): A Bibliography
- Book Review of Peter the Great and the West: New Perspectives
- Book Review of Guarding the Frontier: Ottoman Border Forts and Garrisons in Europe
- Book Review of The Continental Commitment: Britain, Hanover and Interventionism, 1714-1793
- Book Review of The Emergence of Britain’s Global Naval Supremacy: The War of 1739-1748
- Book Review of Joseph II: Volume II, Against the World, 1780-1790
- Book Review of The War of American Independence, 1775-1783
- Book Review of The Projection and Limitations of Imperial Powers, 1618-1850
- Book Review of The Ottoman Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Book Review of The Great Chevauchée: John of Gaunt’s Raid on France 1373
- Book Review of William III and the Northern Crowns during the Nine Years War, 1689-1697
- Book Review of Negotiator Out of Season: The Career of Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg, 1629 to 1704
- Book Review of Peter the Great and Marlborough: Politics and Diplomacy in Converging Wars
- Book Review of An English Diplomat in the Low Countries: Sir William Temple and John de Witt, 1665-1672
- Book Review of England in the War of the Spanish Succession: A Study of the English View and Conduct of Grand Strategy, 1702-1712
- Age of the Thirty Years War (1598-1660): A Bibliography
- Book Review of Edward III and the War at Sea: The English Navy, 1327-1377
- Book Review of In the Steps of the Black Prince: The Road to Poitiers, 1355-1356
- Book Review of The Global Seven Years War, 1754-1763: Britain and France in a Global Power Contest
- Readings in the Military History of The Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
- The Great Siege of Gibraltar 1779-1783
- Book Review of A Duel of Nations: Germany, France, and the Diplomacy of the War of 1870-1871
- Book Review of Frederick the Great: A Military History
- Book Review of The Peace of Passarowitz, 1718
- Historiography of the Origins of the Crimean War
- Book Review of May 1940: The Battle for the Netherlands
- Review Essay: Historiographies, Bibliographies and War in European History (1494-1815)
- Book Review of Warfare in Eastern Europe, 1500-1800
- Book Review of Italy and the European Powers: The Impact of War, 1500-1530
- Philip II and Spanish Hegemony (1559-1598): A Bibliography
- The Great Powers and the American Civil War: A Select Bibliography
- Book Review of The Seven Years War in Europe, 1756-1763
Category Archives: Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789)
Book Review of Austria’s Wars of Emergence, 1683-1797: War, State, and Society in the Habsburg Monarchy
Michael Hochedlinger. Austria’s Wars of Emergence, 1683-1797: War, State, and Society in the Habsburg Monarchy. Modern Wars in Perspective series. London: Longman, 2003. ISBN 9780582290846. Tables. Maps. Bibliographical notes. Index. Pp. xviii, 466. There are many surveys of Austria and the … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Foreign Policy, Austrian Military History, Austro-Turkish War (1716-1718), Austro-Turkish War (1737-1739), Austro-Turkish War (1787-1791), Book Reviews, Europe in the 17th Century (1598-1715), Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), Nine Years War (1688-1697), Ottoman Wars, Seven Years War (1756-1763), War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748), War of the Holy League (1683-1699), War of the Polish Succession (1733-1738), War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718-1720), War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1713/14)
Tagged Book Review, Charles VI, Francis I, Francis II, Habsburg Monarchy, International History, Joseph II, Leopold I, Maria Theresa of Austria, Michael Hochedlinger, William Young
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Book Review of Marlborough’s America
Stephen Saunders Webb. Marlborough’s America. The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History series. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2013. ISBN 378-0-300-17859-3. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Index. Pp. xxii, 579. $45.00 (hardcover). Originally posted in H-War Military History … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-French Wars, Book Reviews, British Military History, Europe in the 17th Century (1598-1715), Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1713/14)
Tagged Alexander Spotswood, Anglo-American Empire, Book Review, British Colonial Administration, British Empire, Daniel Parke, Duke of Marlborough, John Churchill, Marlborough's Wars, Military History, Robert Hunter, Stephen Saunders Webb, William Young
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Book Review of The Seven Years’ War: Global Views
Mark H. Danley and Patrick J. Speelman, editors. The Seven Years’ War: Global Views. History of Warfare series. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2012. ISBN 978-90-04-23408-6. Notes. Maps. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Pp. lvii, 586. $252.00 (hardcover). Most studies of the Seven Years’ … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-French Wars, Austrian Foreign Policy, Austrian Military History, Book Reviews, British Foreign Policy, British Military History, British Naval History, Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), French Foreign Policy, French Military History, French Naval History, Global Military History, Prussian Foreign Policy, Prussian Military History, Russian Foreign Policy, Russian Military History, Seven Years War (1756-1763), Spanish Foreign Affairs, Spanish Military History
Tagged Book Review, International History, Military History, William Young
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Book Review of Poltava 1709: The Battle and the Myth
Serhii Plokhy, editor. Poltava 1709: The Battle and the Myth. Harvard Papers in Ukrainian Studies series. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute Harvard University, 2012. ISBN 978-1-932650-09-9. Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Pp. xxv, 703. $29.95 (paperback). The battle of Poltava (1709) fought in … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), Great Northern War (1700-1721), Polish Foreign Policy, Polish Military History, Russian Foreign Policy, Russian Military History, Swedish Foreign Policy, Swedish Military History, Thirteen Years War (1654-1667)
Tagged Battle of Poltava (1709), Book Review, Charles XII, Donald Ostrowski, Dragoons, Ivan Mazepa, John LeDonne, Paul Bushkovitch, Peter B. Brown, Peter the Great, Poland-Lithuania, Robert I. Frost, Russia, Ukraine, William Young
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Book Review of Strategy in the American War of Independence: A Global Approach
Donald Stoker, Kenneth J. Hagan, and Michael T. McMaster, editors. Strategy in the American War of Independence: A Global Approach. Cass Military Studies series. Abingdon, England: Routledge, 2010. ISBN 978-0-415-36734-9. Notes. Tables. Appendices. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xvii, 244. $145.00 (hardcover). … Continue reading
Posted in American War of Independence (1775-1783), Anglo-French Wars, Book Reviews, British Foreign Policy, British Military History, British Naval History, Dutch Foreign Policy, Dutch Naval History, Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), French Foreign Policy, French Military History, French Naval History, Russian Foreign Policy, Spanish Foreign Affairs, Spanish Naval History
Tagged Book Review, Diplomatic History, Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, International History, League of Armed Neutrality, Military History, William Young
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Book Review of Charles Whitworth: Diplomat in the Age of Peter the Great
Janet M. Hartley. Charles Whitworth: Diplomat in the Age of Peter the Great. Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 2002. ISBN 978-0-7546-0480-8. Maps. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xvi, 242. $140.00 (hardcover). Dr Janet M. Hartley, Professor of International History at the London … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, British Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), Great Northern War (1700-1721), War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718-1720)
Tagged British Diplomacy, Charles Whitworth, Congress of Cambrai, Diet of Ratisbon, Diplomatic History, Frederick William I, International History, Janet M. Hartley, Peter the Great, William Young
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Book Review of The Continental Commitment: Britain, Hanover and Interventionism, 1714-1793
Jeremy Black. The Continental Commitment: Britain, Hanover and Interventionism, 1714-1793. Abingdon, England: Routledge, 2005. ISBN 978-0-415-36292-4. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xiv, 214. $168.00 (hardcover). Dr Jeremy Black, Professor of History at the University of Exeter in England, is well-known as … Continue reading
Posted in American War of Independence (1775-1783), Book Reviews, British Foreign Policy, Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), Great Northern War (1700-1721), Seven Years War (1756-1763), War of Jenkins' Ear (1739-1748), War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748), War of the Polish Succession (1733-1738), War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718-1720)
Tagged Anglo-Hanoverian Relations, Book Review, Diplomatic History, Hanover, Hanoverian foreign policy, International History, Jeremy Black, William Young
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Book Review of The Emergence of Britain’s Global Naval Supremacy: The War of 1739-1748
Richard Harding. The Emergence of Britain’s Global Naval Supremacy: The War of 1739-1748. Woodbridge, England: Boydell Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-84383-580-6. Figures. Maps. Plates. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. viii, 374. $115.00 (hardcover). Britain’s war with Spain (1739-1748) and involvement in the … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-French Wars, Book Reviews, British Foreign Policy, British Military History, British Naval History, Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), War of Jenkins' Ear (1739-1748), War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)
Tagged Book Review, British Admiralty, British Navy, Duke of Newcastle, International History, Jacobite Rebellion, Lord John Carteret, Military History, Naval History, Richard Harding, Sir Robert Walpole, West Indies, William Young
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Book Review of Joseph II: Volume II, Against the World, 1780-1790
Derek Beales. Joseph II: Volume II, Against the World, 1780-1790. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-521-32488-5. Plates. Maps. Figures. Tables. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xix, 733. $157.00 (hardcover). Joseph II, the Holy Roman Emperor (1765-1790) and co-regent of the … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Foreign Policy, Austrian Military History, Austro-Turkish War (1787-1791), Book Reviews, Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), Ottoman Wars, Prussian Foreign Policy, Prussian Military History, Russian Foreign Policy, Russian Military History, Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790), Russo-Turkish War (1787-1972)
Tagged Book Review, Catherine the Great, Central Europe, Convention of Reichenbach (1790), Derek Beales, Deutsche Fürstenbund, East Europe, Eastern European Powers, Field Marshal Lacy, Field Marshal Loudon, Frederick the Great, Greek Project, Habsburg Monarchy, International History, Joseph II, Kaunitz, Leopold II, Maria Theresa, Secret Austro-Turkish Alliance (1781), William Young
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Book Review of The War of American Independence, 1775-1783
Richard Middleton. The War of American Independence, 1775-1783. Modern Wars in Perspective series. Harlow, England: Pearson Education, 2012. ISBN 978-0-582-22942-6. Maps. Notes. Appendix. Bibliography. Pp. xvi, 351. $44.00 (paperback). Dr Richard Middleton provides a superb up-to-date synthesis of published primary … Continue reading
Posted in American War of Independence (1775-1783), Anglo-French Wars, Book Reviews, British Foreign Policy, British Military History, British Naval History, Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), French Foreign Policy, French Military History, Spanish Foreign Affairs, Spanish Military History
Tagged American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Book Review, british surrender at yorktown, Floridablanca, George Washington, Lord North, patriots and loyalists, Richard Middleton, Vergennes, war of american independence, William Young
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