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- catalog abstract ""In 1605 England was a second-rate European power. There was neither a full-time navy nor a standing army. By 1705, however, this situation had changed dramatically, and England's professional army and navy were playing crucial roles in Europe and in North America. British army and navy personnel, backed by well-established military and financial organizations at home and abroad, allowed the island nation to become a leading European nation state and world power." "To explain this dramatic turnaround, Professor Wheeler refutes existing scholarship that places Britain's military and financial revolutions after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He locates them earlier and, in particular, explains how they were centrally related to the mid-seventeenth century conflicts, both domestic and foreign." "Offering a radical re-interpretation of this important aspect of British history, this readable study reaches out to everyone fascinated by history, and to anyone interested in the roots of English world supremacy and the foundations of empire."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11203829.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain History Stuarts, 1603-1714.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain History, Military 1603-1714.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""In 1605 England was a second-rate European power. There was neither a full-time navy nor a standing army. By 1705, however, this situation had changed dramatically, and England's professional army and navy were playing crucial roles in Europe and in North America. British army and navy personnel, backed by well-established military and financial organizations at home and abroad, allowed the island nation to become a leading European nation state and world power." "To explain this dramatic turnaround, Professor Wheeler refutes existing scholarship that places Britain's military and financial revolutions after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He locates them earlier and, in particular, explains how they were centrally related to the mid-seventeenth century conflicts, both domestic and foreign." "Offering a radical re-interpretation of this important aspect of British history, this readable study reaches out to everyone fascinated by history, and to anyone interested in the roots of English world supremacy and the foundations of empire."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1. The military revolution debate and seventeenth-century England -- 2. Prelude to power: the English Navy, 1509-1648 -- 3. The Naval Revolution -- 4. The creation of the English Standing Army -- 5. The financial crisis of the Long Parliament -- 6. The customs -- 7. The excise -- 8. The assessment -- 9. Final reckoning: the impact of seventeenth-century warfare on the English state.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-277) and index.".
- catalog extent "vii, 280 p. [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Making of a world power.".
- catalog identifier "0750920254".
- catalog isFormatOf "Making of a world power.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Stroud : Sutton,".
- catalog relation "Making of a world power.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain History Stuarts, 1603-1714.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain History, Military 1603-1714.".
- catalog subject "942.06 21".
- catalog subject "DA375 .W48 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The military revolution debate and seventeenth-century England -- 2. Prelude to power: the English Navy, 1509-1648 -- 3. The Naval Revolution -- 4. The creation of the English Standing Army -- 5. The financial crisis of the Long Parliament -- 6. The customs -- 7. The excise -- 8. The assessment -- 9. Final reckoning: the impact of seventeenth-century warfare on the English state.".
- catalog title "The making of a world power : war and the military revolution in seventeenth-century England / James Scott Wheeler.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Military history. fast".
- catalog type "text".