Plotting Power

Strategy in the Eighteenth Century

Jeremy Black

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Indiana University Press
22 May 2017

Military tactics

Military strategy takes place as much on broad national and international stages as on battlefields.

In a brilliant reimagining of the impetus and scope of eighteenth-century warfare, historian Jeremy Black takes us far and wide, from the battlefields and global maneuvers in North America and Europe to the military machinations and plotting of such Asian powers as China, Japan, Burma, Vietnam, and Siam. Europeans coined the term ""strategy"" only two centuries ago, but strategy as a concept has been practiced globally throughout history. Taking issue with traditional military historians, Black argues persuasively that strategy was as much political as battlefield tactics and that plotting power did not always involve outright warfare but also global considerations of alliance building, trade agreements, and intimidation.

By: Jeremy Black
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 662g
ISBN: 9780253026088
ISBN 10: 0253026083
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 22 May 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jeremy Black is a British historian and Professor of History at the University of Exeter. His many books include The Holocaust: History and Memory.

Reviews for Plotting Power: Strategy in the Eighteenth Century

This is both an overview of eighteenth-century warfare and an interpretation of how war was made; a polemical contribution to a debate on the nature of strategy; and a contribution to global history. Alan Forrest, author of Napoleon: Life, Legacy, and Image: A Biography</p>