"A study of how military skill alone can propel a nation to great-power status, and how the nation of Sweden once held sway over northern Europe for a century ..."--Jacket. Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-301) and index.
Contents:
Gustav Adolf's Danish and Baltic Campaigns -- The Military Revolution: Dutch and Swedish Reforms -- Sweden Intervenes in the Thirty Years War -- The Breitenfeld and Rhine Campaigns -- The Tortured Road to Lutzen -- Swedish Military Operations in Germany 1633-1648 -- Defending an Empire Karl X and Karl XI -- Karl XII's Danish and Baltic Campaigns -- The Russian Campaign: Karl XII's Exile and Death.
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