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Cambridge Illustrated Atlas - Warfare: Renaissance to Revolution 1492–1792

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The three centuries following the discovery of the New World was a period of unprecedented global expansion, spearheaded by the lusty armies of the imperial European powers. This volume of The Cambridge Illustrated Atlases of Warfare is a lively and elaborately illustrated study of warfare during the early modern period, ranging from the European Renaissance to the American Revolution. Unique color maps and authoritative text illuminate the major military and naval developments that characterized the period. Feature boxes describe key events, important military confrontations, individual tacticians, battle strategies and weapons. Throughout, the author pays particular attention to the effects of European military expansion on the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Mediterranean. This comprehensive and accessible book about a fascinating and important period will appeal to war buffs and historians alike.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published May 31,1996

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192 pages, Hardcover
Published
May 31, 1996 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN
9780521470339
ASIN
0521470331
Language
English

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Jeremy Black is an English historian, who was formerly a professor of history at the University of Exeter. He is a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of America and the West at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US.
Black is the author of over 180 books, principally but not exclusively on 18th-century British politics and international relations, and has been described by one commentator as "the most prolific historical scholar of our age". He has published on military and political history, including Warfare in the Western World, 1882–1975 (2001) and The World in the Twentieth Century (2002).

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A well written and copiously illustrated overview of European warfare from Columbus to Napoleon. Elucidates the evolution of weapons, tactics, fortifications and logistics during the first three centuries of western global hegemony, with examples from select wars, battles, and military innovators. Hard to call it indispensable, given how much there is out there covering comparable ground, but it's an excellent book of the sort, and few such carry such a prestigious imprimatur as Cambridge. Complements the collection of any student of early modern military history or war nerd. Wish I'd held on to my copy.
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