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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457274403321

Autore

Davies Brian

Titolo

Empire and military revolution in eastern Europe [[electronic resource] ] : Russia's Turkish wars in the eighteenth century / / Brian Davies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2011

ISBN

1-283-30777-4

9786613307774

1-4411-6880-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (375 p.)

Collana

Continuum studies in military history

Disciplina

947.06

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Russia History, Military 18th century

Russia Foreign relations Turkey

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Map; Chapter One; The Trampled Lands; Chapter Two; The Northern War and the New Russian Army; Chapter Three; The Prut and Caspian Wars; Chapter Four; War, Peace and Taxes, 1710-1735; Chapter Five; The Russo-Turkish War, 1736-1739; Chapter Six; Empire and Military Revolution, 1740-1774; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In terms of resource mobilization and devastation the wars between Russia, the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire were some of the largest of the eighteenth century, and had enormous consequences for the balance of power in Eastern Europe.Davies examines how these conflicts characterized the course of Russian military development in response to Ottoman and Crimean Tatar threats and to determine under what circumstances and in what ways Russian military power experienced a revolution awarding it clear preponderance over the Ottoman-Crimean system. A central part of this Davies' argument is