Scholars have long argued over whether the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, which ended more
than a century of religious conflict arising from the Protestant Reformations, inaugurated the …

The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw many ambitious European rulers develop
permanent armies and navies. War and the State in Early Modern Europe examines this …

A combined history of commerce and disease, and their disturbing propensity for traveling
together Much as we take comfort in the belief that modern medicine and public health …

How the rise of the West was a temporary exception to the predominant world order What
accounts for the rise of the state, the creation of the first global system, and the dominance of …

Trying to evaluate outside or foreign influences on a neighboring country's “way of war”
might seem contradictory, like trying to square a circle. After all, a national military culture is …

Islamic Gunpowder Empires provides readers with a history of Islamic civilization in the early
modern world through a comparative examination of Islam's three greatest empires: the …

This crucial period in Russia's history has, up until now, been neglected by historians, but
here Brian L. Davies' study provides an essential insight into the emergence of Russia as a …

The book is an economic history of the South Sea Bubble. It combines economic theory and
quantitative analysis with historical evidence in order to provide a rounded account. It brings …

Most wars between countries end quickly and at relatively low cost. The few in which high-
intensity fighting continues for years bring about a disproportionate amount of death and …