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By defeating my enemies. Charles XII of Sweden and the Great Northern War 1682-1721
By Defeating My Enemies is a military biography of Charles XII of Sweden, the first written in English in over 50 years. It challenges several traditions created by historians of both the old and new schools of Carolean historiography and through a chronological review provides a balanced account (...)
Categoría: Militares
The lion from the North. The Swedish Army during the Thirty Years War Volume 2 1632-1648
The book describes and analyses the early modern Swedish army during the Thirty Years War after the death in 1632 of King Gustavus Adolphus. At this time, military operations were handled by field marshals under the overall command of the Swedish Chancellor, Axel Oxenstierna. The book expands our (...)
Categoría: Militares
Wars and soldiers in the early reign of Louis XIV Volume 3 The Armies of the Ottoman Empire 1645-1718
Conflicts between Christian powers and the Ottoman Empire displayed completely different characteristics compared to other contemporary wars fought in Europe, war without mercy being the norm. The tones adopted by Western literature to describe the Ottomans resemble the ones recently used against (...)
Categoría: Militares
Guerra Fantastica. The portuguese Army and the Seven Years War
This book deals with a series of military operations that occurred in Portugal in 1762 and 1763, during the Seven Years' War, and which have been largely dismissed by the historiography. They are collectively called the Guerra Fantastica ,'Fantastical War', given the fact that the military units of (...)
Categoría: Militares
Between Scylla and Charybdis. The army of elector Frederick August II of Saxony 1733-1763 Vol 2 Infantry
During the 18th Century, the Electorate of Saxony was a rich state of the Holy Roman Empire. Northern Saxony was one of most fertile parts of Germany, though fertility diminishes toward the Ore Mountains of the south where Saxony long had important mineral production. The House of Wettin ruled (...)
Categoría: Militares
The Armies and Wars of the Sun King 1643-1715. Volume 2 : The Infantry of Louis XIV
The reign of Louis XIV of France had a great impact on the course of European and world military history. The years 1643 to 1715 were a defining epoch for western military, diplomatic, and economic matters. Most of those years were marked by conflict between major European powers and the Sun King's (...)
Categoría: Militares
The Armies and Wars of the Sun King 1643-1715 : Volume 1: the Guard of Louis XIV
The reign of Louis XIV of France had a great impact on the course of European and world military history. The years 1643 to 1715 were a defining epoch for western military, diplomatic and economic matters. Most of those years were marked by conflict between major European powers and the Sun King's (...)
Categoría: Militares
