Plotting Power: Strategy in the Eighteenth Century Contributor(s): Black, Jeremy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253026083 ISBN-13: 9780253026088 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Strategy - Political Science | International Relations - General - History | Modern - 18th Century |
Dewey: 355.033 |
LCCN: 2017000809 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 320 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Military strategy takes place as much on broad national and international stages as on battlefields. In a brilliant reimagining of the impetus and scope of eighteenth-century warfare, historian Jeremy Black takes us far and wide, from the battlefields and global maneuvers in North America and Europe to the military machinations and plotting of such Asian powers as China, Japan, Burma, Vietnam, and Siam. Europeans coined the term strategy only two centuries ago, but strategy as a concept has been practiced globally throughout history. Taking issue with traditional military historians, Black argues persuasively that strategy was as much political as battlefield tactics and that plotting power did not always involve outright warfare but also global considerations of alliance building, trade agreements, and intimidation. |