Title: La petite guerre au XVIIIe siècle
Description: This book presents an thorough analysis and a case study upon the "petite guerre" in the 18th century Europe (with historical reminder to the 17th century). The “petite guerre“ was a type of warfare consisting in skirmishes and ambushes which, next to the sieges and battles, filled the theatre of operations during the conventional wars between princes. The locution "petite guerre" with this meaning was always used in the singular, and has to be used so today, in any language.
Subjects: Guerrilla warfare, Partisan Warfare, Irregular Warfare, Military History, Light troops, Light dragoons, Early modern history, Eighteenth Century, Seventeenth Century, War of the Austrian Succession, Habsburg, Military litterature, History, Military art and science, Tactics, War and society
Places: Europe, France, Austria, Prussia, Great-Britain, Low Countries, Dutch Republic, Southern Netherlands, States-General
People: Marshal Maurice of Saxe, Count of Argenson, Maria Theresa, Duke of Cumberland, Frederick the Great
Time periods: 18th century, 17th century