Cassell History Of Warfare: Warfare In The Eighteenth Century

This volume covers all the major conflicts of the 18th century. In the west, this includes the Wars of European Succession, the American War of Independence and the French Revolution.

With the major European powers ruling territories in North and South America, Africa, India and across the Pacific, the wars of the 18th century were the fist truly global conflicts, the first "world wars".

The balance of power in Europe changed as France weakened and Frederick the Great established Prussia as a new military power to be reckoned with. Yet although warfare was widespread in 18th-century Europe, the most successful military power in the world at the time was not European but Chinese, and the largest land battles of the century occurred not in Prussia but in India.

With its refreshingly universal perspective, Jeremy Black's book gives a brilliant account of one of the most fascinating periods of military history.