Военная история / Wars of the Age of Louis XIV, 1650–1715: An Encyclopedia of Global Warfare and Civilization

Издательство: Greenwood Press
Серия: Greenwood Encyclopedias of Modern World Wars
Автор: Cathal J. Nolan
Название: Wars of the Age of Louis XIV, 1650–1715: An Encyclopedia of Global Warfare and Civilization
Язык: английский
Год издания: 2008
Количество страниц: 654
ISBN: 978–0–313–33046–9
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 7 мб

Dominated by the ambitions of France's King Louis XIV, Europe in the years 1650-1715 witnessed a series of wars from which emerged many of the theories, practices, and technologies that characterize modern warfare. During this period, European armies evolved modern ideas of army organization and military leadership, as well as modern views of campaign strategy and battle tactics. As European soldiers and colonists moved into Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas, the practice or influence of their military techniques and ideas also affected wars fought in those places. In this volume's 1000 plus entries, an award-winning author of reference works on international relations and war describes and defines important events, technologies, and individuals from this seminal period of global military history.