The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road, 15671659
Subtitle: The Logistics of Spanish Victory and Defeat in the Low Countries' Wars (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 15, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780521836005
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; War & defence operations; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; Western Europe - Benelux; History: World; History; History - General History; Netherlands; Europe - General; History / Europe / General; Wars of Independence, 1556-1648
First sentence: The transformation of the size and composition of armies in Europe after 1530 compelled all governments at war to recruit far more troops than before.