War In The Early Modern World, 1450-1815

This book presents a collection of essays charting the developments in military practice and warfare across the world in the early modern period. It also considers the nature and role of technological change, and the relationship between military developments and state-building.

About the Author

Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter and was formerly Professor at the University of Durham. His 27 books include A military revolution? Military change and European society 1550—1800 (1991), Culloden and the ‘45 (1991), War for America. The fight for independence 1775—1783 (1992), European warfare 1660-1815 (1994), Warfare; renaissance to revolution 1492-1792 (1996), Maps and history (1997) and War and the world 1450-2000 (1998). His five edited books include The origins of war in early modern Europe (1987), and his six coedited volumes include The British navy and the use of naval power in the eighteenth century (1988).