War in the age of the Enlightenment, 1700-1789
War in the 18th century war was a complex operation, including popular as well as conventional conflict, between Europeans and with non-Europeans. These conflicts influenced European intellectuals and contributed to the complexity of Enlightenment thought. While Enlightenment writers regarded war as...
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Westport, Conn.
Praeger
c2003.
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| Series: | Studies in military history and international affairs.
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| 245 | 1 | |a War in the age of the Enlightenment, 1700-1789 |c Armstrong Starkey. | |
| 260 | |a Westport, Conn. |b Praeger |c c2003. | ||
| 300 | |a ix, 232 p. |c 25 cm. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a Studies in military history and international affairs. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g 1. |t The Culture of Force -- |g 2. |t The Military Enlightenment -- |g 3. |t A Culture of Honor -- |g 4. |t Field of Honor: Fontenoy, 1745 -- |g 5. |t Popular War -- |g 6. |t The Conflict of Cultures -- |g 7. |t Conclusions. |
| 520 | |a War in the 18th century war was a complex operation, including popular as well as conventional conflict, between Europeans and with non-Europeans. These conflicts influenced European intellectuals and contributed to the complexity of Enlightenment thought. While Enlightenment writers regarded war as the greatest evil confronting mankind, they had little hope that it could be eliminated; thus, peace proposals of the day were joined by more realistic discussion of the means by which war might be limited or rendered more humane. In this book, the author considers the influence of ideas and values on the actions of Enlightenment military personnel and how the rational spirit of the time influenced military thought, producing a military enlightenment that applied rational analysis to military tactics and to the composition of armies. In the late Enlightenment, military writers explored the psychological foundations of war as a means of stimulating a new military spirit among the troops. | ||
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