OSU Department of History



 Histoy 767 | |

|History 767 |

|Studies in Military and Naval History 1450-1750 |

|Course schedule: |

|March 31 Introduction: discussion of major themes and research techniques. |

|April 7 The "Military Revolution" debate |

|G. Parker, The military revolution |

|Ayton, A., and J. L. Price, The Medieval Military Revolution |

|Black, J. M., A Military Revolution? |

|Eltis, D., The military revolution of sixteenth-century Europe |

|Rogers, C. J., The Military Revolution Debate |

|April 14 Naval warfare, 1450-1650 |

|J. F. Guilmartin, Gunpowder and galleys |

|Capp, B., Cromwell's Navy |

|Dale, S. F., Islamic society on the South Asian frontier, chs. 1-3 |

|Goodman, D., Spanish naval power 1589-1665 |

|Martin, C. and G. Parker, The Spanish Armada |

|Needham, J., Science and civilization in China. Volume IV part 3: Civil engineering and nautics, pp. 486-523 and 682-95 |

|Phillips, C. R., Six galleons for the king of Spain |

|Smith, R. C., Vanguard of empire |

|Tenenti, A., Piracy and the decline of Venice |

|April 21 Grand Strategy and National Defense |

|P. Paret, Makers of Modern Strategy, chs. 1-5 |

|W. Murray, ed., The making of strategy, chs. 5-7. |

|Barker, T., Army, aristocracy and monarchy |

|Duffy, M., Russia's military way to the West |

|Luttwak, E., Strategy. The logic of war and peace |

|Mallett, M., Mercenaries and their masters |

|Mallett, M., and J. R. Hale, The military organization of a Renaissance State. Venice |

|Rothenburg, G., The Austrian military border in Croatia, 1522-1747 |

|Thompson, I. A. A., War and government in Habsburg Spain |

|April 28 Logistics and technology |

|J. A. Lynn, Feeding Mars, [chs. 2, 6, 7] Tools of war [pp. 1-27, 53-73, 100-30] |

|Brewer, J. S., The sinews of war |

|Finkel, C., The Administration of Warfare. The Ottoman |

|Parker, G., The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road |

|Thompson, I. A. A., War and society |

|van Creveld, M. Technology and War |

|van Creveld, M., Supplying War |

|May 5 Tactics and the practice of land warfare |

|C. Carlton, Going to the wars |

|Chandler, D., The art of war in the age of Marlborough |

|Cook, W. F., The hundred years war for Morocco |

|Duffy, M., Siege warfare: the fortress in the early modern world |

|Gutmann, M. P., War and rural life |

|Hale, J. R., Renaissance war studies |

|Howard, M. E., The Laws of War |

|Meron, T., Henry's Wars and Shakespeare's Laws |

|Oman, C. W. C., The art of war in the sixteenth century |

|Pepper, S., and N. Adams, Firepower and fortifications |

|Redlich, F., The German military enterpriser and his workforce |

|Taylor, F. L., The art of war in Italy |

|Wood, J. B., The King's Army. Warfare, soldiers and society during the wars of religion in France 1562-1576 |

|May 12 Naval warfare 1650-1750 |

|N. Rodger, The Wooden World |

|Bruijn, J. R., The Dutch navy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries |

|Glete, J., Navies and nations |

|Mahan, A. T., The influence of seapower on history |

|Rediker, M., Between the devil and the deep blue sea |

|Stradling, R. A., The Armada of Flanders |

|Symcox, G., The crisis of French seapower |

|May 19 The West and the Rest |

|C. M. Cipolla, Guns, sails and empires |

|Clendinnan, I., Ambivalent conquest |

|Hassig, R., Mexico and the Spanish conquest |

|Kolff, D. H. A., Naukar, Rajput and Sepoy |

|Malone, P., The skulking war of war |

|Mason, P., A matter of honour |

|Needham, J., Science and civilization in China. Volume V part 7: the gunpowder epic |

|Peckham, H. H., Colonial wars, 1689-1762 |

|Perrin, N., Giving up the gun |

|May 26 Memorial Day: no class |

|June 2 The conduct of war and the study of early modern military and naval history |

|J. M. Black, European warfare, 1660-1815 |

|Anderson, M. S., War and society in Europe, 1618-1789 |

|Black, J. M., The Cambridge illustrated Atlas of warfare |

|Corvisier, A., Armies and societies |

|Hale, J. R., War and society in Renaissance Europe 1450-1620 |

|McNeill, W. H., The pursuit of power. Technology, armed force and society since AD 1000 |

|Strachan, H., European armies and the conduct of war |

|Tallett, F., War and society in early-modern Europe |

|Course Requirements: attendance at and participation in all classes; reading the "assigned items" each week; writing four short |

|(five-page) book reviews of other works chosen from the list above (see the next sheet for the format.) |

|Bibliography |

|Anderson, M. S., War and Society in Europe of the Old Regime, 1618-1789 (London: Fontana, 1988) |

|Ayton, A., and J. L. Price, The Medieval Military Revolution |

|Barker, T., Army, aristocracy and monarchy |

|Black, J. M., A Military Revolution? |

|Black, J. M., European warfare, 1660-1815 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994) |

|Black, J. M., The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of warfare: Renaissance to Revolution, 1492-1792 (Cambridge: Cambridge University |

|Press, 1996) |

|Brewer, J. S., The sinews of war |

|Bruijn, J. R., The Dutch navy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries |

|Capp, B., Cromwell's Navy |

|Carlton, C., Going to the wars |

|Chandler, D., The art of war in the age of Marlborough |

|Cipolla, C. M., Guns, sails and empires |

|Clendinnan, I., Ambivalent conquest |

|Cook, W. F., The hundred years war for Morocco |

|Corvisier, A., Armies and societies |

|Dale, S. F., Islamic society on the South Asian frontier, chs. 1-3 |

|Duffy, M., Russia's military way to the West |

|Duffy, M., Siege warfare: the fortress in the early modern world |

|Eltis, D., The military revolution of sixteenth-century Europe |

|Finkel, C., The Administration of Warfare: The Ottoman |

|Glete, J., Navies and nations |

|Goodman, D., Spanish naval power 1589-1665 |

|Guilmartin, J. F., Gunpowder and galleys. Changing technology and Mediterranean warfare at sea in the sixteenth century (Cambridge: |

|Cambridge University Press, 1974) |

|Gutman, M. P., War and rural life |

|Hale, J. R., Renaissance war studies |

|Hale, J. R., War and society in Renaissance Europe, 1450-1620 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986) |

|Hassig, R., Mexico and the Spanish conquest |

|Howard, M. E., et al., eds., The Laws of War |

|Hughes, B. P., Firepower weapons |

|Kolff, D. H. A., Naukar, Rajput and Sepoy |

|Luttwak, E., Strategy. The logic of war and peace |

|Mahan, A. T., The influence of seapower on history |

|Mallett, M. E., Mercenaries and their masters |

|Mallett, M., and J. R. Hale, The military organization of a Renaissance State. Venice |

|Malone, P., The skulking war of war |

|Martin, C. and G. Parker, The Spanish Armada |

|Mason, P., A matter of honour |

|Meron, T., Henry's Wars and Shakespeare's Laws |

|Murray, W., Knox, M., and Bernstein, A., eds., The making of strategy: Rulers, states and war (Cambridge: Cambridge University |

|Press, 1994) |

|Needham, J., Science and civilization in China. Volume IV part 3: Civil engineering and nautics |

|Needham, J., Science and civilization in China. Volume V part 7: the gunpowder epic |

|Oman, C. W. C., The art of war in the sixteenth century |

|Paret, P., ed., Makers of modern strategy from Macchiavelli to the Nuclear Age (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986) |

|Parker, G., The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road |

|Parker, G., The military revolution. Military innovation and the rise of the West, 1500-1800 (2nd edn., Cambridge: Cambridge |

|University Press, 1996) |

|Peckham, H. H., Colonial wars, 1689-1762 |

|Pepper, S., and N. Adams, Firepower and fortifications |

|Perrin, N., Giving up the gun |

|Phillips, C. R., Six galleons for the king of Spain |

|Rediker, M., Between the devil and the deep blue sea |

|Redlich, F., The German military enterpriser and his workforce |

|Rodger, N. A. M., The wooden world. An anatomy of the Georgian Navy (revised edn., London: Fontana, 1988) |

|Rogers, C. J., The Military Revolution Debate |

|Rothenburg, G., The Austrian military border in Croatia, 1522-1747 |

|Smith, R. C., Vanguard of empire |

|Strachan, H., European armies and the conduct of war |

|Stradling, R. A., The Armada of Flanders |

|Symcox, G., The crisis of French seapower |

|Tallett, F., War and society in early-modern Europe, 1495-1715 (London: Routledge, 1992) |

|Taylor, F. L., The art of war in Italy 1494-1521 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1921; new edn., Leigh-on-Sea, 1993) |

|Tenenti, A., Piracy and the decline of Venice |

|Thompson, I. A. A., War and government in Habsburg Spain |

|Thompson, I. A. A., War and society |

|van Creveld, M. Technology and War |

|van Creveld, M., Supplying War |

|Wood, J. B., The King's Army: Warfare, soldiers and society during the wars of religion in France 1562-1576 |

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|Writing a Book Review |

|I. HOW TO STRUCTURE YOUR ESSAY. |

|A. Include one substantive section which discusses the content of the book. This should comprise no less than two, but no more than |

|three pages of the essay. Your audience should know, from your description, what the book contains, as well as what it does not |

|contain (and perhaps, should contain). |

|Things to bear in mind (without explicitly stating them in the book review): does the title accurately reflect the contents: in |

|other words, does the title claim a particular period (1494-1871), but only really encompasses the 18th century; or, does the title |

|claim to cover military organization in New Spain, but really only deals with Mexico City? |

|B. Ask what were the objectives of the author? Were they successfully achieved? |

|C. For books published before 1994 in English: how was the book review received (see section II below)? In order to answer this |

|question, 1) you must go to the Social Sciences Citation Index and look up which books or articles have cited this work. Make a |

|xerox copy of these citations and TURN IN THE PHOTOCOPY WITH YOUR ESSAY. 2) Then find one of the books or articles and read what |

|those authors say about the work, i.e., "a smashing, groundbreaking study, indispensable for anyone interested in the location of |

|every tree on Little Round Top before and after Pickettís charge," or "this book fills in a much needed gap in our knowledge: lose |

|no time in reading it." |

|D. For books published 1994-95 determine which books or authors were acknowledged by the author as a major influence. Go to one of |

|those books and try to determine how you think that work helped to shape the book. |

|II. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS |

|A. As stated in section I. C (for books published before 1994), your essay must be accompanied by the photocopy of the Social |

|Science Citation Index page. (If you have trouble using this source, see a Reference Librarian.) |

|B. You must read other reviews on the book published in relevant journals. For books published in 1994 or before, you will find |

|those journal citations either in: a) America: History and Life (hard copy or on-line); b)Wilson Index (hard copy). After you have |

|found the review citation, go to the journal cited and photocopy that review. INCLUDE THAT PHOTOCOPY WITH YOUR ESSAY. |

|III. FURTHER INFORMATION |

|A. Your grade will be based upon how effectively you complete the assignment set forth above. Good syntax, spelling and style are |

|also essential to your grade. All essays must be typed and must not be less than five or more than six pages. Use the spell check on|

|your word processing program. Each late essay will lose one letter grade for each 24 hour period beyond the due date and time. |

|B. For style, look at book reviews in the New York Times Book Review section, published each Sunday, or in The New York Review of |

|Books. Examine the ways in which professional book reviews are constructed and see how, for instance, the authors link the beginning|

|and last paragraphs of their essay. |

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