ABSTRACT

This book presents a collection of essays charting the developments in military practice and warfare across the world in the early modern period. It also considers the nature and role of technological change, and the relationship between military developments and state-building.

chapter Chapter One|23 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter Two|28 pages

Warfare at sea 1450–1815

chapter Chapter Three|34 pages

Warfare in Japan 1467–1600

chapter Chapter Four|17 pages

War and warfare in China 1450–1815

chapter Chapter Five|23 pages

Warhorse and gunpowder in India 1 c. 1000–1850

chapter Chapter Seven|29 pages

Ottoman war and warfare 1453–1812

chapter Chapter Eight|30 pages

European warfare 1450–1815

chapter Chapter Nine|29 pages

War, politics and the conquest of Mexico