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<p>two Distinguished Historians Tell The Story Of The Early Modern Soldier, Of Europe, A Figure Often Misunderstood, In The Period Spanning From 1494 To 1789. He Is The Freebooting Landsknecht Of The Sixteenth Century, Swaggering In Dilapidated Finery Through The Ruins He And His Kind Created. He Is The Mercenary Of The Thirty Years War In The Seventeenth Century, Rootless And Masterless, Brutalizing Civilians For A Few Coins, Destroying Civilization's Works For The Pleasure Of It. He Is The Uniformed Automaton Of The Eighteenth Century, Initiative Beaten Out Of Him, Fit To Do No More Than Endure Battles And Floggings Until He Pitched Into An Anonymous Grave. <br><br> Often Told In The Soldiers' Own Words, Or Those Of The Historians Of The Period, Nine Chapters Rich In Description And Detail Cover The Following Topics:<br> -the Bloody And Influential Battles Of The Period, Pavia (1525), Breitenfeld (1631), And Leuthen (1757).<br> -where The Soldiers Came From And How They Were Recruited.<br> -gunpowder Cannons, New Fortresses, And Siege Warfare.<br> -the Relationships Between The Leader And The Led.<br> -morale And Motivation Of Ordinary Soldiers.<br> -women And Children With The R

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Author

Dennis E. Showalter, William J. Astore

Publisher

Greenwood; Bloomsbury

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9789798216015

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Military, History, Sociology