The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500–1800
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2, 4/18/1996
EAN 9780521479585, ISBN10: 0521479584
Paperback, 288 pages, 24.4 x 17 x 1.7 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
This is a new edition of Geoffrey Parker's much-admired illustrated account of how the West, so small and so deficient in natural resources in 1500, had by 1800 come to control over one-third of the world. Parker argues that the rapid development of military practice in the West constituted a 'military revolution' which gave Westerners an insurmountable advantage over the peoples of other continents. This edition incorporates new material, including a substantial 'Afterword' which summarises the debate which developed after the book's first publication.
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The military revolution revisited
2. Supplying war
3. Victory at sea
4. The 'military revolution' abroad
5. Beyond the revolution
Afterword
Notes
Bibliographical guide
Index.