Princes, Posts and Partisans: The Army of Louis XIV and Partisan Warfare in the Netherlands 1673-1678 - Couverture rigide

Satterfield, George

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004131760 ISBN 13 : 9789004131767

Editeur : Brill, 2003

Synopsis

This volume explores French partisan warfare in the Spanish Netherlands during the Dutch War (1672-78). It considers such practices as contributions, fire-raids, and blockades before sieges. The author relies extensively on archival sources, and in many cases explores events that have been passed over by similar studies. Louis XIV and his generals used partisan warfare to fit a strategy of exhaustion to ensure territorial conquest. The French army's reliance on partisan warfare reveals the limitations of the war-making potential of Louis XIV's state; at the same time it leads to the emergence of a more modern practice of military operations to pursue theater-strategic objectives.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

George Satterfield, Ph.D. (2002) in History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, teaches history at the State University of New York, Morrisville. He recently contributed an article on the wars of Louis XIV and co-authored a guide to early modern military sources.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004131760
• ISBN 13: 9789004131767
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 372
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible