War in European History

197 Pages·2001·0.77 MB·English

by  Michael Howard

War in European History
Sir Michael Howard is Emeritus Professor of Modern History at the University
of Oxford. His publications include The Franco-Prussian War (1961) (Duff
Cooper Memorial Prize, 1962), Grand Strategy, vol. 4 in the United Kingdom
History of the Second World War, Military series, 1971 (Wolfson Foundation
History Award, 1972), The Lessons of History (1991), and many others. He has
held the Chair of War Studies at King's College, London, the Chichele Chair of
History of War and the Regius Chair of Modern History at Oxford, and the
Robert A. Lovett Chair of Military and Naval History at Yale.
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MICHAEL HOWARD
War in European History

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Howard, Michael
War in European History.
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FOR MARK AND ERIC
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Contents
Contents
Foreword ix
Chapter 1 The Wars of the Knights 1
Chapter 2 The Wars of the Mercenaries 20
Chapter 3 The Wars of the Merchants 38
Chapter 4 The Wars of the Professionals 54
Chapter 5 The Wars of the Revolution 75
Chapter 6 The Wars of the Nations 94
Chapter 7 The Wars of the Technologists 116
Epilogue The Nuclear Age—and Beyond 136
Notes 145
Notes on Further Reading 149
Index 153
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