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Author:

Weigley, Russell Frank.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Indiana University Press,

Copyright Date:

c1991

Description:

xviii, 579 p. : maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Military art and science--Europe--History.
Battles--Europe--History.
Europe--History, Military--1648-1789.
Military history, Modern.
Oorlogvoering.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.

ISBN:

9780253363800 (alk. paper)
0253363802 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

90004757

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)