The Military Revolution
Douban
Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800
Geoffrey Parker
overview
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.
contents
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.
