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Italy 1636 is one of the most closely-researched and detailed books on the operation of early modern armies anywhere, and is explicitly inspired by neo-Darwinian thinking. Taking the French and Savoyard invasion of Spanish Lombardy in 1636 as its specific example, it begins with the recruitment of the soldiers, the care and feeding of the armies and their horses, the impact of the invasion on civilians in the path of their advance, and the manner in which generals conducted their campaign in response to the information at their disposal. The next section describes the unfolding of the long and stubborn battle of Tornavento, where Spanish, German, and Italian soldiers stormed the French in th...
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33d-34th, 1904-05; replaced by a bulletin mensuel of which numbers 8 and 9 of each year were devoted to reports of general sessions and to proceedings of the sections.
Part of the complete works of the French philosopher, historian and social reformer, Voltaire. Includes his philosophical science fiction story "Micromegas" and also "La Prude", his comedy inspired by Wycherley's "Plain Dealer". For students and scholars of the 18th-century Enlightenment.