Historian Ronald S. Love finds that in 1560–1660 there were "a few innovators, notably Maurice of Nassau and Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, whom many scholars credit with revolutionary developments in warfare and with having laid the foundations of military practice for the next two centuries."
O historiador Ronald S. Love atopou que en 1560-1660 houbo "un feixe de innovadores, destacando Mauricio de Nassau e Gustavo Adolfo de Suecia, a quen moitos académicos atribúen os desenvolvementos revolucionarios na guerra e ter sentado as bases da práctica militar para os seguintes dous séculos".