Atlantic Wars: From the Fifteenth Century to the Age of Revolution

by Geoffrey Plank

Book Overview

In a sweeping account, Atlantic Wars explores how warfare shaped the experiences of the peoples living in the watershed of the Atlantic Ocean between the late Middle Ages and the Age of Revolution. At the beginning of that period, combat within Europe secured for the early colonial powers the resources and political stability they needed to venture across the sea. By the early nineteenth century, descendants of the Europeans had achieved military...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190860456
• ISBN13: 9780190860455
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.4"