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Strategy in the American War of Independence
A Global Approach
Series: Cass Military Studies
This book examines the strategies pursued by the Colonies and the other combatants in the American War for Independence, placing the conflict in its proper global context. Many do not realize the extent to which the 1775 colonial rebellion against British rule escalated into a global conflict....
Published November 19th 2011 by Routledge
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Military Advising and Assistance
From Mercenaries to Privatization, 1815–2007
Series: Cass Military Studies
This volume presents a number of case studies of military advisors and missions in order to provide clear historical examples of the evolution, functioning and motives of foreign military advising in the modern era. Containing essays by US contributors covering a wide range of countries and...
Published January 25th 2010 by Routledge
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Conscription in the Napoleonic Era
A Revolution in Military Affairs?
Series: Cass Military Studies
This edited volume explores conscription in the Napoleonic era, tracing the roots of European conscription and exploring the many methods that states used to obtain the manpower they needed to prosecute their wars. The levée-en-masse of the French Revolution has often been cited as a ‘Revolution...
Published October 8th 2008 by Routledge
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Britain, France and the Naval Arms Trade in the Baltic, 1919 -1939
Grand Strategy and Failure
Series: Cass Series: Naval Policy and History
The strategy of the British and French prior to World War II was to preserve the status quo after the disaster of World War I. Donald Stoker's book examines British and French involvement from 1919 to 1939 in the creation and development of the naval forces of Poland, Finland and the three Baltic...
Published February 4th 2004 by Routledge
