Plotting Power: Strategy In The Eighteenth Century
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Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: Plotting Power: Strategy In The Eighteenth Century ISBN13: 9780253026088 ISBN10: 0253026083 Author: Black, Jeremy (Author) Description: Military Strategy Takes Place As Much On Broad National And International Stages As On Battlefields In A Brilliant Reimagining Of The Impetus And Scope Of Eighteenth-Century Warfare, Historian Jeremy Black Takes Us Far And Wide, From The Battlefields And Global Maneuvers In North America And Europe To The Military Machinations And Plotting Of Such Asian Powers As China, Japan, Burma, Vietnam, And Siam Europeans Coined The Term Strategy Only Two Centuries Ago, But Strategy As A Concept Has Been Practiced Globally Throughout History Taking Issue With Traditional Military Historians, Black Argues Persuasively That Strategy Was As Much Political As Battlefield Tactics And That Plotting Power Did Not Always Involve Outright Warfare But Also Global Considerations Of Alliance Building, Trade Agreements, And Intimidation Binding: Hardcover, Hardcover Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication Date: 2017-05-22 Weight: 1.1 lbs Dimensions: 1.1'' H x 9'' L x 6.2'' W Number of Pages: 320 Language: English
