The age of battles: the quest for decisive warfare from Breitenfeld to Waterloo

Abstract

Introduction Note on Dates Part One. The Profession of Officership and the Birth of Modern War 1. The Return of the Legions: Gustavus Adolphus and Breitenfeld 2. The Limits of the New Legions: Lutzen and After 3. Under the Lily Banners: Rocroi 4. The Army of the Sun King 5. Marlborough's Battles: Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, and Malplaquet 6. The Emergence of the Great Powers of Eastern Europe 7. The Rise of Naval Power Part Two. The EIghteenth Century: The Classical Epoch of Modern War 8. The Battles of Frederick the Great 9. The French and British Armed Forces from the Rhine to the St. Lawrence 10. Toward Wars of Nations: The War of American Independence 11. Prelude to Revolution Part Three. Thunderstrokes of Battle: The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 12. The French Revolution: Transformation and Continuity in War 13. Sea Power and Empire 14. The Climax of Napoleonic War: To Austerlitz and Jena-Auerstadt 15. The Gradual Eclipse of the Battle of Annihilation The Rise of the War of Attrition 16. Campaigns of Exhaustion and Attrition 17. The Resurgence of Military Professionalism 18. The Downfall of Genius 19. The End of an Age: Waterloo 20. On the Future of War Bibliographical Notes Index

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