Table of Contents

Preface MILITARY CHANGE Theory of the Military Revolution 1560-1660 Reassessed Change 1660-1760 THE LIMITATIONS OF CHANGE, 1660-1760 Constraints, 1660-1760 Limited Operations? Colonial Conflict The Coming of Revolution MILITARY CHANGE AND EUROPEAN SOCIETY Absolutism and Military Change A Militarized Society? Conclusion.

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'...a provocative re-examination of the so-called Military Revolution...' - Teaching History

About the Author

Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter, UK. He is an authority on early modern British and continental European history, with special interest in international relations, military history, the press, and historical atlases. A prolific historian, he is the author of over sixty books in addition to over a dozen edited volumes. He edits the following series for Palgrave Macmillan: British Studies, Social History in Perspective, European History in Perspective and Palgrave Essential Histories.

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'...a provocative re-examination of the so-called Military Revolution...' - Teaching History