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- Book Review of Austria’s Wars of Emergence, 1683-1797: War, State, and Society in the Habsburg Monarchy
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- Book Review of Joseph II: Volume II, Against the World, 1780-1790
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- Book Review of The Projection and Limitations of Imperial Powers, 1618-1850
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- Book Review of Peter the Great and Marlborough: Politics and Diplomacy in Converging Wars
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- Age of the Thirty Years War (1598-1660): A Bibliography
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- The Great Siege of Gibraltar 1779-1783
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- Philip II and Spanish Hegemony (1559-1598): A Bibliography
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Book Review of Germany and the Origins of the Second World War
Jonathan Wright. Germany and the Origins of the Second World War. The Making of the Twentieth Century series. Basingstoke, England: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. ISBN 978-0-333-49555. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xii+223. $115.00 (hardcover) Jonathan Wright, Emeritus Professor in International Relations … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, German Foreign Policy, Interwar Period (1919-1939), World War II (1939-1945)
Tagged annexation of austria, Book Review, Diplomatic History, Hitler, hitler and the nazis, International History, Jonathan Wright, Origins of the Second World War, origins of war, remilitarization of the rhineland, William Young
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Book Review of Nazi Foreign Policy, 1933-1941: The Road to Global War
Christian Leitz. Nazi Foreign Policy, 1933-1941: The Road to Global War. The Third Reich Series. London: Routledge, 2004. ISBN 0-415-17423-6. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. 192. $136.00. The study of German foreign policy leading up to the outbreak of the Second World … Continue reading
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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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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Louis XIV’s Dutch War (1672-1678/79)
Review Article: Louis XIV’s Dutch War (1672-1678/79) Paul Sonnino. Louis XIV and the Origins of the Dutch War. Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0-5215-3134-4. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xii, 226. $43.00 (paperback). … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Dutch Foreign Policy, Dutch Military History, Dutch War (1672-1778), Europe in the 17th Century (1598-1715), French Foreign Policy, French Military History, Historiography, War of Devolution (1667-1668), Wars of Louis XIV (1661-1715)
Tagged Book Review, Carl J. Ekberg, Diplomatic History, George Satterfield, International History, louis xiv and the origins of the dutch war, Military History, Origins of the Dutch War, Paul Sonnino, 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 William III and the Northern Crowns during the Nine Years War, 1689-1697
Stewart P. Oakley. William III and the Northern Crowns during the Nine Years War, 1689-1697. Outstanding Theses from the London School of Economics and Political Science series. New York and London: Garland, 1987. ISBN 978-0-824-01928-0. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Pp. 504. … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo-French Wars, Book Reviews, Danish Foreign Policy, Dutch Foreign Policy, English Foreign Policy, Europe in the 17th Century (1598-1715), Nine Years War (1688-1697), Swedish Foreign Policy, Wars of Louis XIV (1661-1715)
Tagged Book Review, Charles XI, Christian V, Diplomatic History, Stewart Oakley, William III, 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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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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