The Military Revolution
Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500–1800

A new edition of Geoffrey Parker's illustrated history of the impact of western warfare 1500–1800.

Geoffrey Parker (Author)

9780521479585, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 18 April 1996

288 pages, 39 b/w illus.
24.4 x 17.3 x 1.5 cm, 0.59 kg

'Parker's Military Revolution has produced the most sophisticated debate in the entire field of military history.' John Lynn

This is a new edition of Geoffrey Parker's much-admired illustrated account of how the West, so small and so deficient in natural resources in 1500, had by 1800 come to control over one-third of the world. Parker argues that the rapid development of military practice in the West constituted a 'military revolution' which gave Westerners an insurmountable advantage over the peoples of other continents. This edition incorporates new material, including a substantial 'Afterword' which summarises the debate which developed after the book's first publication.

List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The military revolution revisited
2. Supplying war
3. Victory at sea
4. The 'military revolution' abroad
5. Beyond the revolution
Afterword
Notes
Bibliographical guide
Index.

Subject Areas: General & world history [HBG]