The Seven Years' War : global views /

In The Seven Years' War: Global Views, Mark H. Danley, Patrick J. Speelman, and sixteen other contributors reach beyond traditional approaches to illuminate the conflict as world war. An introduction addresses the challenges of discretely defining the war. Chapters examine theaters such as the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Danley, Mark H., Speelman, Patrick J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Brill, 2012.
Colección:History of warfare ; v. 80.
Temas:
1755-1763
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763.
Anglo-French War, 1755-1763.
Anglo-Spanish War, 1762-1763.
Military history, Modern > 18th century.
Guerre de Sept Ans, 1756-1763.
Histoire militaire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary Material / Mark H. Danley and Patrick J. Speelman
  • Introduction: The 'Problem' of the Seven Years' War / Mark H. Danley
  • Frederick the Great and the First 'World' War / Jürgen Luh
  • "To Encourage the Others": The Philosophes and the War / Armstrong Starkey
  • Understanding Native American Alliances / Matthew C. Ward
  • The War in the Carnatic / G.J. Bryant
  • Religious War or Imperial War? Views of the Seven Years' War from Germany and Rome / Johannes Burkhardt
  • Sweden and the Pomeranian War / Gunnar Åselius
  • The Ottoman Absence from the Battlefields of the Seven Years' War / Virginia H. Aksan
  • Pride, Prejudice and Prestige: French Officers in North America during the Seven Years' War / Julia Osman
  • Battre l'estrade: Military Reconnaissance in the German Theatre of War / Ewa Anklam
  • "Féroces et barbares?" Cossacks, Kalmyks and Russian Irregular Warfare during the Seven Years' War / Marian Füssel
  • The Seven Years' War in West Africa: The End of Company Rule and the Emergence of the Habitants / James F. Searing
  • The War in the West Indies / Richard Harding
  • The Anglo-Cherokee War, 1759-1761 / John Oliphant
  • The British Political Press and Military Thought during the Seven Years' War / Mark H. Danley
  • The War in Bengal / G.J. Bryant
  • Strategic Illusions and the Iberian War of 1762 / Patrick J. Speelman
  • The British Expedition to Manila / Nicholas Tracy
  • The End of the Seven Years' War in Germany / Matt Schumann
  • Conclusion: Father of the Modern Age / Patrick J. Speelman
  • Selected Bibliography / Mark H. Danley and Patrick J. Speelman
  • Index / Mark H. Danley and Patrick J. Speelman.

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