Childs John. Warfare in the Seventeenth Century

London: Cassell & Co, 2001. — 232 p. — ISBN: 0-304-35289-6.During the 17th century, technological evolutions in fortifications and arms meant that wars grew longer, armies larger, and military formations more disciplined. Yet, militias remained primarily mercenary; although armaments developed from the pike to the socket bayonet and uniforms began to appear, professionalism remained low. From the multifaceted conflicts of the Thirty Years' War to the campaigns of Louis XIV, a richly detailed picture emerges of military life and structure in the 1600s-its conflicts and conduct, the rise of a standing army, the difficulties posed by reliance on paid soldiers, the changing weaponry, the politics overseeing it all, and the relentless world shift from ancient to modern. A Selection of History Book Club.Death of The'military Revolution' The Thirty Years War 1618-48
The theatres of war; Strategic geography; Strategy;
Logistics; Fortification; Siege warfare; Vauban;
Supply; War finance; Weaponry; Formations and
tactics; Infantry; Cavalry; Dragoons; Artillery;
Command and control; Battle; The laws of war
The Rise of The Standing Army 1648-1700
Standing armies in France, Germany, Denmark,
England, Russia, Italy, the Holy Roman Empire
and Poland; Recruitment; Conscription; Mercenaries;
Training; Officers; Uniforms; Weapons;
Equipment; The costs of war and fortification
The Wars of The Mid Century
The Franco-Spanish War, 1648-59; The Thirteen
Years \Var, 1654-67; The Second Northern War,
1655-60; Civil wars in England, Ireland and
Scotland; The Ottoman military system; The siege
of Candia; The Austro-Turkish War, 1663-4;
The siege of Vienna, 1683; The War of the Holy
League; The Austro-Turkish War, 1683-99
The Thirty Years War 1618-48
The theatres of war; Strategic geography; Strategy;
Logistics; Fortification; Siege warfare; Vauban;
Supply; War finance; Weaponry; Formations and
tactics; Infantry; Cavalry; Dragoons; Artillery;
Command and control; Battle; The laws of war
The Wars of Louis XIV 1667-97
The War of Devolution, 1667-8; The Franco-Dutch
War, 1672-8; The campaigns of 1672; The siege of
Maastricht, 1673; Turenne's Rhineland campaigns,
1674-5; The Scanian War, 1674-9; Les reunions;
Devastation of the Palatinate, 1688-9; The Nine
Years War, 1688-97; The siege of Namur, 1695;
Colonial warfare
The Bohemian Revolt; The causes of the Thirty
Years War; The Bohemian-Palatine War; Mercenaries
and military enterprisers; The Danish War; Armies
and their methods; Wallenstein; Gustavus Adolphus;
The Swedish military system; Sweden's Baltic Wars;
Swedish campaigns in Germany; Depredations
and devastation; The Franco-Spanish War;
The Peace of Westphalia1
Reflections
The pace and extent of military change in the seventeenth century
Glossary of military terminology
Biographical notes
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