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The Projection and Limitations of Imperial Powers, 1618–1850 History of Warfare Editors Kelly DeVries Loyola University Maryland John France University of Wales, Swansea Michael S. Neiberg United States Army War College, Pennsylvania Frederick Schneid High Point University, North Carolina VOLUME 75 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.nl/hw In Memory of Gunther Erich Rothenberg (1923–2004) The Projection and Limitations of Imperial Powers, 1618–1850 Edited by Frederick C. Schneid LEIDEN • BOSTON LEIDEN • BOSTON 2012 Cover illustration: Battle of Waterloo 1815 by William Sadler Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The projection and limitations of imperial powers, 1618-1850 / edited by Frederick C. Schneid. p. cm. -- (History of warfare; ISSN 1385-7827 ; 75) Includes index. ISBN 978-90-04-22671-5 (hardback : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-90-04-22670-8 (e-book) 1. Europe-- History, Military--17th century. 2. Europe--History, Military--18th century. 3. 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CONTENTS List of Contributors .................................................................................................vii List of Abbreviations ................................................................................................ix Foreword .....................................................................................................................xi Eleanor Hancock Introduction .................................................................................................................1 Frederick C. Schneid Meaningless Conflict? The Character of the Thirty Years War .....................12 Peter H. Wilson War and Warfare in the Age of Louis XIV: The Global Context ...................34 Jeremy Black The Other Side of Victory: Honorable Surrender during the Wars of Louis XIV .................................................................................................51 John A. Lynn II Italy, Piedmont and French Anti-Habsburg Strategy, 1690–1748 .................68 Ciro Paoletti Reform and Stability: Prussia’s Military Dialectic from Hubertusberg to Waterloo ......................................................................83 Dennis Showalter Russia as a Great Military Power, 1762–1825 ...................................................105 Janet M. Hartley Aspects of Military and Operational Effectiveness of the Armies of France, Austria, Russia and Prussia in 1813 ............................................122 Robert M. Epstein The Napoleonic Wars in Global Perspective ..................................................149 Jeremy Black vi contents Europe’s Progress and America’s Success, 1760–1850 ....................................170 Paul W. Schroeder War and Revolution in the Age of the Risorgimento, 1820–1849 ...............196 Frederick C. Schneid Index ..........................................................................................................................219 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Jeremy Black Professor of History, University of Exeter Robert Epstein Professor of Military History, School of Advanced Military Studies, Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth Janet M. Hartley Professor of International History, London School of Economics John A. Lynn Distinguished Professor of Military History, Northwestern University Ciro Paoletti Independent Scholar, Rome Frederick C. Schneid Professor of History, High Point University Paul W. Schroeder Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dennis Showalter Professor of History, Colorado College Peter H. Wilson G.F. Grant Professor, University of Hull