The age of battles : the quest for decisive warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo / Russell F. Weigley

Weigley, Russell Frank

ISBN 10: 0712658564 / ISBN 13: 9780712658560

Edité par London : Pimlico, 1993

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First UK edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xviii, 579 pages : maps. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-558) and index. Contents; The return of the legions : Gustavus Adolphus and Breitenfeld -- The limits of the new legions : Lützen and after -- Under the lily banners : Rocroi -- The army of the Sun King -- Marlborough's battles : Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, and Malplaquet -- The emergence of the great powers of Eastern Europe -- The rise of naval power -- The battles of Frederick the Great -- The French and British armed forces from the Rhine to the St. Lawrence -- Toward wars of nations : the war of American independence -- Prelude to revolution -- The French Revolution : transformation and continuity in war -- Sea power and empire -- The climax of Napoleonic war : to Austerlitz and Jena-Auerstädt -- The gradual eclipse of the battle of annihilation : the rise of the war of attrition -- Campaigns of exhaustion and attrition -- The resurgence of military professionalism -- The downfall of genius -- The end of an age : Waterloo -- On the future of war. Subjects; 1648-1789. Military art and science Europe History. Battles Europe History. Military history, Modern. Battles. Military art and science. War History. Battles History. War studies. 1 Kg.

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• Titre: The age of battles : the quest for decisive warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo / Russell F. Weigley
• Éditeur: London : Pimlico
• Date de parution: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0712658564
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780712658560
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: First Edition.
• Poids: 1 kilogramme

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Synopsis

In 1631, Gustav Adolphus of Sweden - the creator of the first national army - scored a notable victory at Breitenfeld in the Thirty Years War. In 1815, Napoleon was defeated by Wellington and Blucher at Waterloo. This was the age of battles - romantic, even glorious in their spectacle - a period of nearly 200 years when military endeavour was dominated by the quest for the climactic battle of annihilation in which the fate of continents might be decided in a single afternoon. This study recreates the grand-scale battles of the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries and examines their historical circumstances, the strategic thinking and the personalities of the military commanders, the tactical manoeuvring on the battle field, the role of armaments and the performance of the fighting men. Other books by the author include "The American Way", "A History of the United States Army" and "Eisenhower's Lieutenants: the Campaign of France and Germany, 1944-1945".