Warfare in Eastern Europe, 1500-1800

Historians of Eastern Europe, most of them in North America but presumably drawing on studies from the region, reveal the scale of destructiveness of wars there during the 16th-18th centuries and the consequences these wars had for the balance of power elsewhere in the West and in Asia. The topics include the Habsburg defense system in Hungary against the Ottomans in the 16th century as a catalyst of military development in Central Europe, the Polish-Lithuanian army in the reign of King Stefan Bathory 1576-86, Russia in the international mercenary market in the early 17th century, the view from Remmal Khoja's History of Sahib Gerey Khan of Crimean Tatar long-range campaigns, the scientific revolution and generalship in the Habsburg army 1686-1723, and Ottoman military power in the 18th century. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Brian L. Davies, Ph.D. (1983) in History, University of Chicago, is Professor of History at the University of Texas at San Antonio. A specialist in early modern Russian history; he has published State Power and Community in Early Modern Russia (2004) and Warfare, State and Society on the Black Sea Steppe (2007).