| The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road, 1567 1659: The Logistics of Spanish Victory and Defeat in the Low Countries' Wars Revised Edition Contributor(s): Parker, Geoffrey (Author), Elliott, John (Editor), Hufton, Olwen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521543924 ISBN-13: 9780521543927 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $31.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2004 Annotation: The publication of The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road in 1972 marked the birth of the "new military history," which emphasized military organization--mobilization, pay, supply, morale and, above all, logistics--rather than military "events" such as sieges and battles. Constantly cited since its first publication in English (with translations into Spanish and Dutch), this revised updated second edition includes new sources and references but otherwise remains faithful to the original edition. First Edition Hb (1972): 0-521-08462-8 First Edition Pb (1975): 0-521-09907-2 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 949.203 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.95 lbs) 336 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The publication of The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road in 1972 marked the birth of the "new military history", which emphasized military organization--mobilization, pay, supply, morale and, above all, logistics--rather than military "events" such as sieges and battles. Constantly cited since its first publication in English (with translations into Spanish and Dutch), this revised updated second edition includes new sources and references but otherwise remains faithful to the original edition. First Edition Hb (1972): 0-521-08462-8 First Edition Pb (1975): 0-521-09907-2 |
Contributor Bio(s): Parker, Geoffrey: - Geoffrey Parker is Andreas Dorpalen Professor of History, The Ohio State University and a Fellow of the British Academy. He is one of the world's most prolific and distinguished historians of early modern Europe, above all on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish and military history. |