| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 319 pages) : maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
War in context
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War in context.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-306) and index. |
| Contents |
Rewriting the history of war -- Soldiers, soldiers, soldiers -- War: when, where, why? -- 2 The Changing Art of War -- Pike and shot -- Cavalry -- Artillery and fortifications The spread of knowledge: specialization and professionalism The experience of conflict: siege and battle -- Constraints on war: the limits of the possble -- 3 Recruitment -- The methods -- The men -- The motives -- 4 Life and Death in the Armies -- Mortality and medicine -- The necessities of life -- Discipline and religion -- Prisoners -- The compensations of soldiering: women; comrades; an uncertain high-life -- The ex-soldier: militarization and the civilian world -- 5 The Impact of War -- The local effects -- Financing wars: winners and losers -- The state and war -- War and the economy -- Attitudes towards war. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Europe -- History.
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Europe. |
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History. |
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Europe -- History, Military.
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History, Military. |
| Chronological Term |
1492-1715 |
| Indexed Term |
Military operations History |
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Europe |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Military history.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tallett, Frank. War and society in Early-Modern Europe. London ; New York : Routledge, 1992 (DLC) 91043901 |
| ISBN |
0203411242 (electronic book) |
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9780203411247 (electronic book) |
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9780415024761 |
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0415024765 |
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0585452237 (electronic book) |
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9780585452234 (electronic book) |
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0203719484 |
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9780203719480 |
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9780415160735 |
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9780203411247 |
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0415024765 |
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