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

• Autore: Davies Brian
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (375 p.)
• Disciplina: 947.06
• Soggetto geografico: Russia History, Military 18th century; Russia Foreign relations Turkey
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Empire and military revolution in eastern Europe
• ISBN: 1-283-30777-4; 9786613307774; 1-4411-6880-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781979603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Continuum studies in military history.