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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 What Hitler Knew: The Battle for Information in Nazi Foreign Policy
Zachary Shore. What Hitler Knew: The Battle for Information in Nazi Foreign Policy. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN 978-0-19-515459-7. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xi, 159. This is an interesting study of information flow, or the lack … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, British Foreign Policy, French Foreign Policy, German Foreign Policy, Interwar Period (1919-1939), Russian Foreign Policy
Tagged Adolf Hitler, Bernhard Wilhelm von Bulow, Book Review, Constantin Freiherr von Neurath, Erich Kordt, Ernst von Weizsacker, Franz von Papen, Friedrich Werner von Schulenburg, Herbert von Dirksen, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Knight of the Long Knives, Nazi Foreign Policy, Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, Neville Chamberlain, Origins of the Second World War, Theo Kordt, Ulrich von Hassell, William Young, Zachary Shore
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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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Europe in the Age of Louis XIV (1661-1715): A Bibliography
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND WARFARE IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES AND EARLY MODERN EUROPE A Bibliography of Diplomatic and Military Studies by William Young Chapter 6 – Europe in the Age of Louis XIV (1661-1715) Europe in the Age of Louis … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th Century, Anglo-French Wars, Austrian Foreign Policy, Austrian Military History, Austro-Turkish War (1663-1664), Bibliography, British Foreign Policy, British Military History, British Naval History, Danish Foreign Policy, Danish Military History, Diplomacy, Dutch Foreign Policy, Dutch Military History, Dutch War (1672-1778), Europe in the 17th Century (1598-1715), French Foreign Policy, French Military History, Great Northern War (1700-1721), Nine Years War (1688-1697), Ottoman Foreign Policy, Ottoman Wars, Polish Military History, Prussian Foreign Policy, Prussian Military History, Russian Foreign Policy, Russian Military History, Russo-Turkish War (1676-1681), Spanish Foreign Affairs, Spanish Military History, Swedish Foreign Policy, Swedish Military History, War of Devolution (1667-1668), War of Reunions (1683-1684), War of the Holy League (1683-1699), War of the Morea (1684-1699), War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1713/14), Wars of Louis XIV (1661-1715)
Tagged Bibliography, Carlos II, Charles II, International History, James II, Joseph I, Leopold I, Louis XIV, Marlborough, Military History, Naval Warfare, Peter the Great, Philip V, Prince Eugene of Savoy, Queen Anne, Siege of Vienna, Siege Warfare, Vauban, Wars of Louis XIV, William III, William Young
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Book Review of Peter the Great and the West: New Perspectives
Lindsey Hughes, editor. Peter the Great and the West: New Perspectives. Studies in Russia and East Europe series. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001. ISBN 978-0-333-92009-1. Tables. Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Pp. xxiv, 280. $115.00 (hardcover). Peter I (the Great) of Russia is … Continue reading
Posted in Great Northern War (1700-1721), Russian Foreign Policy, Russian Military History, War of the Holy League (1683-1699)
Tagged Book Review, David G. Kirby, Dmitry Fedosov, Graeme Herd, Great Northern War (1700-1721), Great Turkish War (1683-1699), International History, Janet M. Hartley, Lindsey Hughes, Military History, Naval History, Peter the Great, Richard Warner, Robert E. Jones, 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 Peter the Great and Marlborough: Politics and Diplomacy in Converging Wars
Andrew Rothstein. Peter the Great and Marlborough: Politics and Diplomacy in Converging Wars. ISBN 978-0-333-39878-4. Maps. Notes. Index. London: Macmillan, 1986. Pp. xi, 247. The late Andrew Rothstein, a Russian-British journalist, examines Anglo-Russian relations during the War of the Spanish … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, British Foreign Policy, British Military History, Dutch Foreign Policy, Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), French Foreign Policy, Great Northern War (1700-1721), Polish Military History, Russian Foreign Policy, Russian Military History, Swedish Foreign Policy, Swedish Military History, War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1713/14), Wars of Louis XIV (1661-1715)
Tagged Altranstadt, Augustus the Strong, Battle of Poltava (1709), Book Review, Charles XII, Diplomatic History, Duke of Marlborough, Great Northern War, John Churchill, Military History, Peter the Great, War of the Spanish Succession, William Young
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Age of the Thirty Years War (1598-1660): A Bibliography
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND WARFARE IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES AND EARLY MODERN EUROPE A Bibliography of Diplomatic and Military Studies by William Young Chapter 5 Age of the Thirty Years War (1598-1660) Age of the Thirty Years War (1598-1660): A … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th Century, Anglo-French Wars, Bibliography, British Civil Wars (1639-1652), Danish Foreign Policy, Danish Military History, Dutch Foreign Policy, Dutch Military History, Eighty Years War (1568-1648), English Foreign Policy, English Military History, Europe in the 17th Century (1598-1715), Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659), French Foreign Policy, French Military History, German Foreign Policy, German Military History, Prussian Foreign Policy, Prussian Military History, Russian Foreign Policy, Russian Military History, Second Northern War (1655-1660), Spanish Foreign Affairs, Spanish Military History, Swedish Foreign Policy, Swedish Military History, Thirteen Years War (1654-1667), Thirty Years War (1618-1648), War of Candia (1645-1669)
Tagged Charles I, Christian IV, Cromwell, Gustavus Adolphus, Mazarin, Oxenstierna, Peace of Westphalia, Richelieu, Wallenstein, William Young
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Historiography of the Origins of the Crimean War
Historians have debated the origins of the Crimean War (1853-1856) for nearly 150 years. As Brison D. Gooch has stated: “Examination of the circumstances which created the Crimean War has proven to be one of modern historiography’s thorniest problems.” (1) … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Foreign Policy, British Foreign Policy, Crimean War (1853-1856), Europe in the 19th Century (1815-1914), French Foreign Policy, Historiography, Ottoman Foreign Policy, Russian Foreign Policy
Tagged Alexander William Kinglake, Alexandre Jomini, Ann Pottinger Saab, Buol-Schauenstein, Crimean War, Crimean War Historiography, Danubian Principalities, David M. Goldfrank, Frederick A. Simpson, Gavin B. Henderson, Gorchakov, Harold Temperley, Historiography, John Shelton Curtiss, Kingsley Martin, M.S. Anderson, Menshikov, Menshikov Mission, Napoleon III, Nesselrode, Nicholas I, Norman Rich, Palmerston, Paul W. Schroeder, Stratford de Redcliffe, Vernon John Puryear, Vienna Note, William Young
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