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The age of battles: the quest for decisive warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo
Russell Frank Weigley
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This book studies the battles of Gustavus, Charles II, Louis XIV, Marlborough, Nelson, Napoleon and Wellington during the period between 1631 and 1815.
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Frontmatter
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INTRODUCTION (page xi)
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NOTE ON DATES (page xix)
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Part One THE PROFESSION OF OFFICERSHIP AND THE BIRTH OF MODERN WAR
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CHAPTER ONE The Return of the Legions: Gustavus Adolphus and Breitenfeld (page 3)
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CHAPTER TWO The Limits of the New Legions: Lützen and After (page 24)
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CHAPTER THREE Under the Lily Banners: Rocroi (page 37)
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CHAPTER FOUR The Army of the Sun King (page 45)
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CHAPTER FIVE Marlborough's Battles: Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, and Malplaquet (page 73)
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CHAPTER SIX The Emergence of the Great Powers of Eastern Europe (page 105)
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CHAPTER SEVEN The Rise of Naval Power (page 131)
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Part Two THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: THE CLASSICAL EPOCH OF MODERN WAR
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CHAPTER EIGHT The Battles of Frederick the Great (page 167)
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CHAPTER NINE The French and British Armed Forces from the Rhine to the St. Lawrence (page 196)
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CHAPTER TEN Toward Wars of Nations: The War of American Independence (page 232)
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CHAPTER ELEVEN Prelude to Revolution (page 256)
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Part Three THUNDERSTROKES OF BATTLE: THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY AND NAPOLEONIC WARS
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CHAPTER TWELVE The French Revolution: Transformation and Continuity in War (page 279)
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN Sea Power and Empire (page 313)
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Climax of Napoleonic War: To Austerlitz and Jena-Auerstädt (page 354)
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Gradual Eclipse of the Battle of Annihilation; The Rise of the War of Attrition (page 399)
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CHAPTER SIXTEEN Campaigns of Exhaustion and Attrition (page 435)
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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Resurgence of Military Professionalism (page 457)
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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Downfall of Genius (page 483)
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CHAPTER NINETEEN The End of an Age: Waterloo (page 513)
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CHAPTER TWENTY On the Future of War (page 536)
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES (page 545)
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INDEX (page 559)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JAH | 79.3 (Dec. 1992): 1132-1133 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2080822 |
JMH | 65.4 (Dec. 1993): 820-822 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2124546 |
HTE | 38.4 (Aug. 2005): 563-564 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/30036735 |
JMiH | 56.2 (Apr. 1992): 294-295 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1985802 |
PE | 58.4 (Winter 1993/1994): 1102-1103 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/42677059 |
ENHR | 109.434 (Nov. 1994): 1278-1279 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/573930 |
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Published: 2004
Publisher: Indiana University Press
- 9780253363800 (hardcover)
- 9780253217073 (paper)