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The early modern world

Astore, William J.

The early modern world

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The early modern worldDennis Showalter and William J. Astore.
Author:	Showalter, Dennis E.
other author:	Astore, William J.
Published:	Westport, Conn. :Greenwood Press,c2007.
Description:	lii, 183 p. :ill. ;27 cm.
Series:	Soldiers' lives through history
Subject:	Soldiers.
Online resource:	http://ebooks.greenwood.com/reader.jsp?x=GR3312&p=cover
ISBN:	0313055793 (electronic bk.)

The early modern world
Showalter, Dennis E.

The early modern world[electronic resource] /Dennis Showalter and William J. Astore. - Westport, Conn. :Greenwood Press,c2007. - lii, 183 p. :ill. ;27 cm. - Soldiers' lives through history.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-177) and index.

Series forward -- Introduction -- Soldiers in a revolutionary age? -- Scope -- Arrangement -- Timeline -- Prologue: early modern warfare in practice -- Pavia (1525): warfare in the age of mercenaries and gunpowder -- Breitenfeld (1631): the quest for decision -- Leuthen (1757): professionalism and enlightened warfare -- The matrix of war: policies, strategies, and mentalities -- The warmaking state -- Duels of faith and empire -- The time of the dynasties -- Where they came from, why, and how -- Listening for the drum -- Weapons and men -- Signing on -- Alternative approaches to recruiting soldiers -- Technologies, tactics, and training -- Gunpowder cannons, new fortresses, and siege warfare -- Drill, discipline, and muskets: the rise of infantry -- The poor bloody cavalry -- Command and leadership -- The age of entrepreneurs, 1494-1648 -- The age of noblemen, 1648-1740 -- The age of the officer, 1740-1789 -- The relationship between the leader and the led -- Morale and motivation -- Religious belief as motivation for war -- Morale and motivation of officers -- Morale and motivation of ordinary soldiers -- Structure and routines -- Early days for the soldier -- Moving into war, physically and psychologically -- Camp life -- Women and children with the regiment -- Medicine, sexual diseases, and sanitation -- Rewards of the job -- The creation of standing armies -- Training, punishment, and at ease -- Billets and quarters: living outside of camp -- Afterward: veterans -- Europeans in a world of war -- European reconnaissance and initial conquests -- Pebbles in a flood: Europeans in Asia -- The Sepoy exception in India -- Westerners: opportunistic entrepreneurs or natural born killers? -- The American experience: Southern hemisphere -- The Northern hemisphere and the first way of war -- Conclusion.

Electronic reproduction.
Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood Press,
2007.

Access is limited to subscribers of ebooks.greenwood.com.

ISBN: 0313055793 (electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 9780313055799(electronic bk.)

Greenwood eBookshttp://www.ebooks.greenwood.com/about.aspSubjects--Topical Terms:

300899
Soldiers.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: U765 / .S56 2007eb

Dewey Class. No.: 355.1094/0903

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