War in Europe

By: Jeremy Black

ISBN-13: 9781474235020
ISBN-10: 1474235026
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published date: 2016-02-11
The Fracturing of the European System, 1450-1600 — The Creation of Lasting Standing Forces, 1600-1700 — The Aristocratic Order and the Pressures on it, 1700-1800 — The Rise of the Bureaucratic State and of Mass Society, 1800-1900 — The Challenges of Total War and Ideology, 1900-1950 — The Erosion of the Nation-Army, 1950-2000 — Modern Society and the Abandonment of War, 2000- — Conclusions