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The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800 Book

A new edition of Geoffrey Parker's illustrated history of the impact of western warfare 1500-1800.Read More

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  • Foyles

    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.

  • Blackwell

    Well before the Industrial Revolution, Europe developed the superior military potential and expertise that enabled the continent to dominate the world for the next two centuries. Here Parker discusses the major changes in the military practice of...

  • 0521479584
  • 9780521479585
  • Geoffrey Parker
  • 18 April 1996
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 285
  • 2
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