02968nam 2200517 450 991081786830332120230802184529.01-61200-243-9(CKB)3710000000225207(EBL)1773521(OCoLC)889675616(SSID)ssj0001377621(PQKBManifestationID)11994734(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001377621(PQKBWorkID)11337271(PQKB)10180258(MiAaPQ)EBC1773521(EXLCZ)99371000000022520720140904h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA warrior dynasty the rise and fall of Sweden as a military superpower 1611-1721 /Henrik O. LundePhiladelphia ;Oxford :Casemate Publishers,2014.©20141 online resource (322 pages)1-61200-242-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.""MAP AND BATTLE SKETCH INDEX""; ""PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Chapter 1 Gustav Adolf's Danish and Baltic Campaigns""; ""Chapter 2 The Military Revolution: Dutch and Swedish Reforms""; ""Chapter 3 Sweden Intervenes in the Thirty Years War""; ""Chapter 4 The Breitenfeld and Rhine Campaigns""; ""Chapter 5 The Tortured Road to LuÌtzen""; ""Chapter 6 Swedish Military Operations in Germany 1633-1648""; ""Chapter 7 Defending an Empire: Karl X and Karl XI""; ""Chapter 8 Karl XII's Danish and Baltic Campaigns""""Chapter 9 The Russian Campaign: Karl XII's Exile and Death"" ""SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""Appendix I BIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES OFSELECTED SOURCE AUTHORS""; ""Appendix II SELECTED EUROPEAN RULERS 1500-1700""; ""Appendix III LIST OF FIELD MARSHALS MENTIONED""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""This book examines the meteoric rise of Sweden as the pre-eminent military power in Europe during the Thirty Years War during the 1600s, and then follows its line of warrior kings into the next century until the Swedes finally meet their demise, in an overreach into the vastness of Russia.A small Scandinavian nation, with at most one and a half million people and scant internal resources of its own, there was small logic to how Sweden could become the dominant power on the Continent. That Sweden achieved this was due to its leadership-a case-study in history when pure military skill, and thatSwedenHistory, Military17th centurySwedenHistory, Military18th centurySwedenHistoryGustav II Adolf, 1611-1632948.5948.5034Lunde Henrik O(Henrik Olai),1936-1627613MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817868303321A warrior dynasty3965018UNINA