War in the world : a comparative history, 1450-1600 /

"War in the World: 1450-1600 offers an account of late fifteenth and sixteenth-century warfare in a global context. Firstly by looking at conflict between non-Western powers and, secondly, by putting due weight on warfare between Western and non-Western powers, the book provides comparative con...

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Main Author: Black, Jeremy, 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Conflict, 1450-1500
  • Conflict, 1500-1535
  • Conflict, 1535-1575
  • Conflict, 1575-1600
  • Naval capability and warfare
  • The expansion of the West, 1450-1600
  • Warfare, social contexts, and state development
  • Conclusions.