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Modern Wars in Perspective Ser.: Wars of Frederick the Great by Dennis E. Showalter (1995, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherLongman Publishing
ISBN-100582062594
ISBN-139780582062597
eBay Product ID (ePID)528695
Product Key Features
Number of Pages384 Pages
Publication NameWars of Frederick the Great
LanguageEnglish
SubjectRoyalty, Europe / Germany, General
Publication Year1995
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorDennis E. Showalter
SeriesModern Wars in Perspective Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight16.9 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN95-013124
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal943/.053/092
Table Of ContentIntroduction. 1. Matrices and probabilities. 2. Wars for Silesia: 1740-45. 3. Breathing space and renewals. 4. Prussia ascendant. 5. Years of balance: 1758-59. 6. Prussia contra Europe: 1760-63. 7. Coda: 1763-86, Reflections. Notes on sources Index
SynopsisThe campaigns of Frederick the Great were a watershed in the history of Europe. They inaugurated a new pattern - of total war for limited objectives - that was to endure until 1916. Frederick's battles were designed to convince his adversaries of the wisdom of making and keeping peace; for him, victory in the field was the means to the more enduring victory of a successful negotiation, and, as such, his wars prefigure those of Napoleon., The campaigns of Frederick the Great were more than the apogee of eighteenth-century warfare: as Dennis Showalter argues in this major contribution to the Modern Wars in Perspective series, they were a watershed in the history of Europe., The campaigns of Frederick the Great were more than the apogee of eighteenth-century warfare: as Dennis Showalter argues in this stimulating book which sets them in their full context, they were a watershed in the history of Europe. They inaugurated a new pattern -- of total war for limited objectives -- that was to endure until 1916. Frederick's battles were designed to convince his adversaries of the wisdom not just of making peace but also of keeping it; for him, victory in the field was the means to the more enduring victory of a successful negotiation, and, as such, his wars prefigure those of Napoleon.
LC Classification NumberDD403.8.S54 1996
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