LEADER 02968nam 2200517 450 001 9910817868303321 005 20230802184529.0 010 $a1-61200-243-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000225207 035 $a(EBL)1773521 035 $a(OCoLC)889675616 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001377621 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11994734 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001377621 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11337271 035 $a(PQKB)10180258 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1773521 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000225207 100 $a20140904h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA warrior dynasty $ethe rise and fall of Sweden as a military superpower 1611-1721 /$fHenrik O. Lunde 210 1$aPhiladelphia ;$aOxford :$cCasemate Publishers,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (322 pages) 311 0 $a1-61200-242-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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 LuI?tzen""; ""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"" 327 $a""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"" 330 $aThis 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 that 607 $aSweden$xHistory, Military$y17th century 607 $aSweden$xHistory, Military$y18th century 607 $aSweden$xHistory$yGustav II Adolf, 1611-1632 676 $a948.5 676 $a948.5034 700 $aLunde$b Henrik O$g(Henrik Olai),$f1936-$01627613 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817868303321 996 $aA warrior dynasty$93965018 997 $aUNINA