Wars of Frederick the Great |
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| Author:
| Showalter, Dennis E. |
| Editor:
| Scott, H. M.
Collins, B. W. |
| Series title: | Modern Wars in Perspective Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-582-06259-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1995 |
| Publisher: | Longman Publishing
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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The campaigns of Frederick the Great were more than the apogee of eighteenth-century warfare: as Dennis Showalter argues in this stimulating book which sets them in their full context, they were a watershed in the history of Europe. They inaugurated a new pattern -- of total war for limited objectives -- that was to endure until 1916. Frederick's battles were designed to convince his adversaries of the wisdom not just of making peace but also of keeping it; for him, victory in the...
More DescriptionThe campaigns of Frederick the Great were more than the apogee of eighteenth-century warfare: as Dennis Showalter argues in this stimulating book which sets them in their full context, they were a watershed in the history of Europe. They inaugurated a new pattern -- of total war for limited objectives -- that was to endure until 1916. Frederick's battles were designed to convince his adversaries of the wisdom not just of making peace but also of keeping it; for him, victory in the field was the means to the more enduring victory of a successful negotiation, and, as such, his wars prefigure those of Napoleon.