HIS103Y1 : War in European History
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Book: war in european h istory, chapter 4, (by m ichael howard) Chapter 4: the war of the professionals: by the 18th century, european wars were being conducted by professional armed. Mashie alam forces of a kind familiar to today"s type of militia: they were guaranteed employment rights, wages, and career prospects, yet, by 1700, a state machine was developed to maintain full-time force on foot, In prussian, the idea of a war lord remained. In france, the idea of self-indulgent noblesse continued. In britain, a centralized unified force began paying, feeding, clothing, and organizing a hierarchy of men in an army: furthermore, the development of military practice and technology made this system better. It did not help spain or france since they concentrated on glory and panache : maurice found a military academy in siegen to educate protestant noblesse about the military, maurice"s pupil, jacob delagardie, became sweden"s gustavus adolphus" military instructor.
