John A Lynn

The Wars of Louis XIV 1667-1714

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Warfare dominated the long reign of Louis XIV. In this wide-ranging history, John Lynn examines the different wars for evidence of a coherent strategic policy. He explores the operational logistics of the campaigns and shows how far, for the king, warfare was a process of attrition rather than a series of decisive events. Above all, he sets these wars, and their consequences, in their full diplomatic, military, administrative and institutional contexts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9781138836556
• ISBN-10: 1138836559
• Artikelnr.: 41239175

Autorenporträt

John A. Lynn

Inhaltsangabe

List of maps. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Prologue: International
and Internal Conflict 1500-1661. 2. Louis XIV Gloire and Strategy. 3. The
Army, the Navy and the Art of War. 4. Wars of Glorie: The War of Devolution
and the Dutch War. 5. Violence and State Policy: Reunions, Mediterranean
Expeditions and Internal Struggles. 6. The Great Miscalculation: The Nine
Year's War. 7. The Final Contest: The War of the Spanish Succession. 8. The
Wars of Louis XIV in the Context of the History of War. Chronology.
Bibliographical Essay.