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From the Greek professional armies of Alexander, through the Hundred Years War, indeed, to today, mercenaries have been ever-present, their role constantly evolving. In this compelling new history William Urban takes up their captivating and turbulent story from 1550 to 1763. The 16th century saw the beginning of a revolution in military technology and strategy. Political and economic systems were radically evolving, too. Mercenaries are often considered a marginal phenomenon, but Urban shows that they were integral to these developments. Increasingly not just individual soldiers and officers became mercenaries, but entire armies of well-equipped, well-trained, and, in time, experienced soldiers were available to friends and allies. By the late-1600s these armies had evolved into large and efficient fighting forces. By the mid-1700s military service had become a profession. The old-fashioned mercenary was less common, but he would not disappear until swept away by the volunteer armies of the French Revolution.
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9781853677427 | Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, August 15, 2007, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: From the Greek professional armies of Alexander, through the Hundred Years War, indeed, to today, mercenaries have been ever-present, their role constantly evolving.
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9781848328280 | Frontline Books, April 19, 2016, cover price $24.95
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9781473837928 | Frontline Books, April 19, 2016, cover price $49.95
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9781848328549 | Frontline Books, February 19, 2016, cover price $24.95
Product Description: The eighteenth century marked a watershed in European history. This was a period of significant economic, political and technological upheaval, which led to the American and French revolutions, and was to ultimately pave the way for Europe's domination of much of the world during the nineteenth century...read more
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9781848327115 | Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc, October 19, 2013, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: The eighteenth century marked a watershed in European history.
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9781475990829 | Iuniverse Inc, May 17, 2013, cover price $33.95
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9781475990805 | Iuniverse Inc, May 17, 2013, cover price $23.95
Product Description: In the early modern world three dominant cultures of war were shaped by a synergy of their internal and external interactions. One was Latin Christian western Europe. Another was Ottoman Islam. The third, no less vital for so often being overlooked, was east–central Europe: Poland/Lithuania, Livonia, Russia, the freebooting Cossacks, a volatile mix of variations on a general Christian theme...read more
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9781848326286 | Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc, February 19, 2012, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: In the early modern world three dominant cultures of war were shaped by a synergy of their internal and external interactions.
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9781440115523 | Iuniverse Inc, January 29, 2009, cover price $19.95
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9780595526901 | Iuniverse Inc, October 30, 2008, cover price $18.95
Product Description: He was political, she was correct. He was an ex-cop, she considered policemen an unnecessary danger to people like her or anybody. It was not a relationship made in heaven. But no one would think of Briarpatch College in that context, much less the isolated community of Middleville...read more
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9780595453368 | Iuniverse Inc, July 11, 2007, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: He was political, she was correct.
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9781853676970 | Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, November 27, 2006, cover price $39.95
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9781853675355 | Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, February 1, 2003, cover price $34.95
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9781848326200, titled "The Teutonic Knights: A Military History" | Reprint edition (Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc, December 1, 2011), cover price $29.95
9781853676673, titled "The Teutonic Knights: A Military History" | Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, February 2, 2006, cover price $19.95
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9780874240443 | Western Psychological Services, June 1, 1963, cover price $39.50
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