The Projection and Limitations of Imperial Powers, 1618-1850

241 Pages·2012·2.908 MB·English

by  Frederick C. Schneid

The Projection and Limitations
of Imperial Powers,
1618–1850
History of Warfare
Editors
Kelly DeVries
Loyola University Maryland
John France
University of Wales, Swansea
Michael S. Neiberg
United States Army War College, Pennsylvania
Frederick Schneid
High Point University, North Carolina
VOLUME 75
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In Memory of Gunther Erich Rothenberg
(1923–2004)
The Projection and Limitations
of Imperial Powers,
1618–1850
Edited by
Frederick C. Schneid
LEIDEN • BOSTON
LEIDEN • BOSTON
2012
Cover illustration: Battle of Waterloo 1815 by William Sadler
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The projection and limitations of imperial powers, 1618-1850 / edited by Frederick C. Schneid.
  p. cm. -- (History of warfare; ISSN 1385-7827 ; 75)
 Includes index.
 ISBN 978-90-04-22671-5 (hardback : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-90-04-22670-8 (e-book) 1. Europe--
History, Military--17th century. 2. Europe--History, Military--18th century. 3. Europe--History,
Military--19th century. 4. Power (Social sciences)--Europe--History. 5. State, The. 6. Balance of
power--History. I. Schneid, Frederick C.
 D273.6.P76 2012
 940.2--dc23
2012000067
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CONTENTS
List of Contributors .................................................................................................vii
List of Abbreviations ................................................................................................ix
Foreword .....................................................................................................................xi
 Eleanor Hancock
Introduction .................................................................................................................1
 Frederick C. Schneid
Meaningless Conflict? The Character of the Thirty Years War .....................12
 Peter H. Wilson
War and Warfare in the Age of Louis XIV: The Global Context ...................34
 Jeremy Black
The Other Side of Victory: Honorable Surrender during the
Wars of Louis XIV .................................................................................................51
 John A. Lynn II
Italy, Piedmont and French Anti-Habsburg Strategy, 1690–1748 .................68
 Ciro Paoletti
Reform and Stability: Prussia’s Military Dialectic
from Hubertusberg to Waterloo ......................................................................83
 Dennis Showalter
Russia as a Great Military Power, 1762–1825 ...................................................105
 Janet M. Hartley
Aspects of Military and Operational Effectiveness of the Armies
of France, Austria, Russia and Prussia in 1813 ............................................122
 Robert M. Epstein
The Napoleonic Wars in Global Perspective ..................................................149
 Jeremy Black
vi contents
Europe’s Progress and America’s Success, 1760–1850 ....................................170
 Paul W. Schroeder
War and Revolution in the Age of the Risorgimento, 1820–1849 ...............196
 Frederick C. Schneid
Index ..........................................................................................................................219
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Jeremy Black
Professor of History, University of Exeter
Robert Epstein
Professor of Military History, School of Advanced Military Studies,
Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth
Janet M. Hartley
Professor of International History, London School of Economics
John A. Lynn
Distinguished Professor of Military History, Northwestern University
Ciro Paoletti
Independent Scholar, Rome
Frederick C. Schneid
Professor of History, High Point University
Paul W. Schroeder
Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Dennis Showalter
Professor of History, Colorado College
Peter H. Wilson
G.F. Grant Professor, University of Hull