Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500–1800
Omschrijving
Looks how firearms affected the development of offensive and defensive strategy, discusses the creation of ocean-going warships, and describes how these developments gave the Western powers military superiorit This is a new edition of Geoffrey Parker's much-admired illustrated account of how the West, so small and so deficient in natural resources in 1500, had by 1800 come to control over one-third of the world. List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The military revolution revisited
2. Supplying war
3. Victory at sea
4. The 'military revolution' abroad
5. Beyond the revolution
Afterword
Notes
Bibliographical guide
Index.
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