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War in Europe : 1450 to the present /

War in Europe is an overview of war and military development in Europe since 1450, bringing together the work of a renowned historian of modern European and military history in a single authoritative volume. Beginning with the impact of the Reformation and continuing up to the present day, Jeremy Bl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Black, Jeremy, 1955- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2016]
Subjects:
Europe > History, Military.
Military art and science > Europe > History.
Armies > Europe > History.
Politics and war > Europe > History.
War and society > Europe > History.
Social change > Europe > History.
Europe > Military policy.
Europe > Foreign relations.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
HISTORY > Military > General.
HISTORY > Modern > General.
Table of Contents:
  • The Fracturing of the European System, 1450-1600
  • The Creation of Lasting Standing Forces, 1600-1700
  • The Aristocratic Order and the Pressures on it, 1700-1800
  • The Rise of the Bureaucratic State and of Mass Society, 1800-1900
  • The Challenges of Total War and Ideology, 1900-1950
  • The Erosion of the Nation-Army, 1950-2000
  • Modern Society, 2000 to the present: the Abandonment of War?
  • Conclusions.