{"product_id":"the-rise-of-the-military-entrepreneur-war-diplomacy-and-knowledge-in-habsburg-europe-hardback-9781501751004","title":"The Rise of the Military Entrepreneur; War, Diplomacy, and Knowledge in Habsburg Europe (Hardback) 9781501751004","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Rise of the Military Entrepreneur\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWar, Diplomacy, and Knowledge in Habsburg Europe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSuzanne Sutherland (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501751004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 September 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e276 pages, 10 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 4 maps - 4 Maps - 10 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book appeals to those interested in diplomatic, military, and political history. It is a model for further individual or group studies of military officers.\u003c\/p\u003e (H-Net) \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the Military Entrepreneur\u003c\/i\u003e greatly enhances our understanding of the role played by aristocratic networks in waging war, conducting diplomacy, and enhancing state power.\u003c\/p\u003e (Austrian History Yearbook)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the Military Entrepreneur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e explores how a new kind of international military figure emerged from, and exploited, the seventeenth century's momentous political, military, commercial, and scientific changes. \u003c\/b\u003eIn the era of the Thirty Years' War, these figures traveled rapidly and frequently across Europe using private wealth, credit, and connections to raise and command the armies that rulers desperately needed. Their careers reveal the roles international networks, private resources, and expertise played in building and at times undermining the state.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuzanne Sutherland uncovers the influence of military entrepreneurs by examining their activities as not only commanders but also diplomats, natural philosophers, information brokers, clients, and subjects on the battlefield, as well as through strategic marital and family allegiances. Sutherland focuses on Raimondo Montecuccoli (1609–80), a middling nobleman from the Duchy of Modena, who became one of the most powerful men in the Austrian Habsburg monarchy and helped found a new discipline, military science. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the Military Entrepreneur\u003c\/i\u003e explains how Montecuccoli successfully met battlefield, court, and family responsibilities while contributing to the world of scholarship on an often violent, fragmented political-military landscape. As a result, Sutherland shifts the perspective on war away from the ruler and his court to instead examine the figures supplying force, along with their methods, networks, and reflections on those experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: A Warrior's Life\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Order of War\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Generation of White Mountain\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Making of an Early Modern Military Entrepreneur\u003cbr\u003e 4. From Battlefield to Court\u003cbr\u003e 5. A Loyal Servant\u003cbr\u003e 6. Victory at Last\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: The Generation of 1683\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52523400331544,"sku":"9781501751004","price":35.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-rise-of-the-military-entrepreneur-war-diplomacy-and-knowledge-in-habsburg-europe-hardback-9781501751004","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}