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Book Review on The Ashgate Research Companion to the Thirty Years’ War
Olaf Asbach and Peter Schröder, editors. The Ashgate Research Companion to the Thirty Years’ War. Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate Publishing, 2014. ISBN 978-1-4094-0629-7. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xv, 347. $149.95 (hardback). Originally published in The Journal of Military History (October 2014) The … Continue reading
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Book Review of The Great Elector
Derek McKay. The Great Elector. Profiles in Power series. Harlow, England: Longman, 2001. ISBN 978-0-582-49482-4. Notes. Maps. Tables. Chronology. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xiii, 286. £16.99 (paperback). Dr Derek McKay, retired Senior Lecturer in International History at the London School of … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Dutch War (1672-1778), Europe in the 17th Century (1598-1715), Prussian Foreign Policy, Prussian Military History, Scanian War (1674-1679), Second Northern War (1655-1660), Thirty Years War (1618-1648), War of Devolution (1667-1668)
Tagged Book Review, Brandenburg-Prussia, Derek McKay, Frederick William, Great Elector, William Young
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Readings in the Military History of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648)
Readings in the Military History of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) The Thirty Years War involving the Holy Roman Empire (Germany) and most of Europe continues to intrigue students, scholars, and general readers. The conflict began in 1618 with the Protestant Bohemian … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Foreign Policy, Austrian Military History, Bibliography, Danish Foreign Policy, Danish Military History, Dutch Foreign Policy, Dutch Military History, Dutch Naval History, Eighty Years War (1568-1648), Europe in the 17th Century (1598-1715), French Foreign Policy, French Military History, Historiography, Spanish Foreign Affairs, Spanish Military History, Spanish Naval History, Swedish Foreign Policy, Swedish Military History, Thirty Years War (1618-1648)
Tagged Bibliography, Bohemian Revolt, Christian IV of Denmark, Count von Tilly, Diplomatic History, Ferdinand II, Frederick V, Gustavus Adolphus, International History, Mazarin, Military History, Richelieu, Thirty Years War, Wallenstein, War in the Palatinate, White Mountain, William Young
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Book Review of The Projection and Limitations of Imperial Powers, 1618-1850
Frederick C. Schneid, editor. The Projection and Limitations of Imperial Powers, 1618-1850. History of Warfare series. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2012. ISBN 978-90-04-22671-5. Notes. Index. Pp. xiv, 224. $144.00 (hardcover). Dr Frederick C. Schneid, Professor of History and Chair of the … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Military History, Book Reviews, Europe in the 17th Century (1598-1715), Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), Europe in the 19th Century (1815-1914), French Military History, French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802), Global Military History, Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815), Prussian Military History, Russian Military History, Thirty Years War (1618-1648), Wars of Italian Unification (1848-1870), Wars of Louis XIV (1661-1715)
Tagged Ciro Paoletti, Dennis Showalter, Frederick C. Scheid, Janet M. Hartley, Jeremy Black, John A. Lynn, Paul W. Schroeder, Peter H. Wilson, Robert M. Epstein, 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
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Tagged Charles I, Christian IV, Cromwell, Gustavus Adolphus, Mazarin, Oxenstierna, Peace of Westphalia, Richelieu, Wallenstein, William Young
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Book Review of Mazarin’s Quest: The Congress of Westphalia and the Coming of the Fronde
Paul Sonnino. Mazarin’s Quest: The Congress of Westphalia and the Coming of the Fronde. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-674-03182-1. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. vii, 307. $56.50. Dr Paul Sonnino, Professor of History at the University of … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Europe in the 17th Century (1598-1715), Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659), French Foreign Policy, Thirty Years War (1618-1648)
Tagged Book Review, Diplomatic History, Dutch Foreign Policy, French Foreign Policy, Fronde, Mazarin, Paul Sonnino, Peace of Westphalia, Swedish Foreign Policy, Thirty Years War, William Young
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Book Review of The Business of War: Military Enterprise and Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe
David Parrott. The Business of War: Military Enterprise and Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-51483-5. Figures. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xvii, 429. $80.00. Dr David Parrott, a Fellow and Lecturer at New … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th Century, Dutch War (1672-1778), Eighty Years War (1568-1648), Europe in the 16th Century (1494-1598), Europe in the 17th Century (1598-1715), Europe in the 18th Century (1713-1789), Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659), French Wars of Religion (1562-1598), Habsburg-Valois Wars, Italian Wars (1494-1559), Late Medieval Europe, Military Revolution, Nine Years War (1688-1697), Thirty Years War (1618-1648), Wars of Louis XIV (1661-1715)
Tagged Anglo-Dutch Wars, Book Review, David Parrott, International History, Military Contractors, Military Enterprise, Military History, Military Revolution, Thirty Years War, Wars of Louis XIV, William Young
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Book Review of The Road to Rocroi: Class, Culture and Command in the Spanish Army of Flanders, 1567-1659
Fernando González de León. The Road to Rocroi: Class, Culture and Command in the Spanish Army of Flanders, 1567-1659. History of Warfare series. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2009. ISBN 978-90-04-17082-7. Illustrations. Charts. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Pp. xvi, 406. $210.00. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Review, Count-Duke of Olivares, Duke of Alba, Dutch Revolt, Eighty Years War, Fernando Gonzalez de Leon, Franco-Spanish War of 1635-1659, Military History, Military Revolution, Philip II, Spain, Spanish Army of Flanders, Spanish Military History, Thirty Years War, William Young
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Book Review of The Thirty Years War: Europe’s Tragedy
Peter H. Wilson. The Thirty Years War: Europe’s Tragedy. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-674-03634-5. Maps. Battle plans. Illustrations. Tables. Notes. Index. Pp. xxii, 997. $35.00. Originally published in The Journal of Military History 74 (July 2010): 915-16. The … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Dutch Military History, Eighty Years War (1568-1648), Europe in the 17th Century (1598-1715), Military Revolution, Thirty Years War (1618-1648)
Tagged Book Review, Eighty Years War, Holy Roman Empire, International History, Military History, Peter H. Wilson, Thirty Years War
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Book Review of Scotland and the Thirty Years War, 1618-1648
Steve Murdoch, editor. Scotland and the Thirty Years War, 1618–1648. History of Warfare series. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2001. ISBN 90-04-12086-6. Illustrations. Tables. Figures. Notes. Index. Pp. xvi, 311. $185.00 Originally published in The Journal of Military History 67 (January … Continue reading
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