جنگ و جامعه در اروپا در رژیم قدیم، ۱۶۱۸-۱۷۸۹ (جنگ و جامعهٔ اروپایی)

Drawing on a wide range of materials from throughout Europe, Professor Anderson here discusses and analyses the rapidly changing impact of armed forces and their demands on society during the pre-revolutionary period. Contents Editor’s Preface Author’s Preface Introduction: War and Armed Forces in the Early Seventeenth Century War, pervasive but undefined Militias Feudal and quasi-feudal forces The growth of professionalism The state as monopolist of military power Part One: The Age of the Entrepreneur, 1618-60 The struggles for power Growing forces, growing demands Entrepreneurs and governments: recruitment, pay and plunder The limits of government control The impact on society Part Two: Old-regime Warfare at its Height, 1660-1740 The struggles for power The scale of warfare: armies The scale of warfare: navies The grip of the state: government control and provision The grip of the state: recruiting and desertion Status and ceremony The cost of war Part Three: Towards a New World: Nationalism and People’s Armies, 1740-89 The struggles for power The heritage of the past The Prussian model and the growth of militarism The effects of war: law, humanitarianism and their limitations Towards the future: the nation in arms Notes Select Bibliography Index