This text includes chapters covering: the Prussian invasion of Silesia and the crisis of Habsburg power; the imperial election and the Habsburg conquest of Bavaria; the end of the war in Germany, 1742-1745; the naval and colonial struggle; and the results of the war.
1815-1914
This new edition of the seminal and best selling history of Europe's century of global ascendancy includes a new introduction and bibliography. The carefully drawn discussions are pulled together and reinforced by a new afterword. Presented in a new textbook format and thoroughly revised throughout, the survey provides students with an invaluable guide to a notoriously complex period. Lucidly written and constructed as a series of essays, the text covers the political and economic balance of power, the mechanics of government, economy and society, states, nations, europe and the world, Armed Forces and war and romanticism, evolution and consciousness.Reviews of the previous editionsAnderson's book is one of the few that explains economic, social, military, intellectual and colonial developments in a clear, precise and engaging manner.'Teaching History Packed with shrewdness, wisdom and well-directed erudition...invaluble to university students and teachers.' British Book News
This book provides a detailed account of how war and military culture affected pre-revolutionary Europe, and how the rise of nationalism and people's armies prepared the way for the dawning of a new age
1774-1923