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The Seven Years War in Europe

1756-1763

Franz AJ Szabo author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:23rd Aug '07

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A ground breaking account of the eighteenth-century’s “world war”.

Based on a re-reading of primary sources and fresh research in the Austrian State Archives, this work presents a scholarly reassessment of the continental war. It argues that Prussia did not win, but merely survived the Seven Years War and did so despite and not because of the actions and decisions of its king Frederick "the Great".

In this pioneering new work, based on a thorough re-reading of primary sources and new research in the Austrian State Archives, Franz Szabo presents a fascinating reassessment of the continental war.

Professor Szabo challenges the well-established myth that the Seven Years War was won through the military skill and tenacity of the King of Prussia, often styled Frederick the Great. Instead he argues that Prussia did not win, but merely survived the Seven Years War and did so despite and not because of the actions and decisions of its king.

With balanced attention to all the major participants and to all conflict zones on the European continent, the book describes the strategies and tactics of the military leaders on all sides, analyzes the major battles of the war and illuminates the diplomatic, political and financial aspects of the conflict.

"Both scholars and students will be most grateful to Szabo for having provided them with a compact and well-written summary of the present state of knowledge."
Michael Hochedlinger, Austrian State Archives

ISBN: 9780582292727

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 771g

536 pages