The Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe: A Revision

by Frank Jacob and Gilmar Visoni-Alonzo

This book challenges the premise that a 'military revolution' prompted the major European powers to enter into an era of global hegemony during the early modern period, and suggests that this theory is not supported if we closely examine contemporary historical events. The conquests of Mexico and Peru, arguably the two most important colonial acquisitions by a European power during that era, were accomplished without the technology or tactics that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137539178
• ISBN13: 9781137539175
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 101 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"