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One million mercenaries : Swiss soldiers in the armies of the world / by John McCormack.
- Title
- One million mercenaries : Swiss soldiers in the armies of the world / by John McCormack.
- Author
- McCormack, John.
- Publication
- London : L. Cooper, 1993.
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Details
- Description
- 224 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Swiss soldiers in the armies of the world.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Military history
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-217) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Section One: The most powerful army in Europe Morgarten to Marignano 1315-1516 00 The vacuum in the heart of Europe -- The battles for independence -- A bellicose society -- The Burgundian and Swabian wars -- Early mercenaries -- The Italian wars -- Section Two: The development of the mercenary system Bicocca to Arques 1521-1590 -- The special relationship with France -- The organization of the mercenary system -- The French wars of religion -- Section Three: The heyday of the mercenary business Ivry to Neerwinden 1590-1693 -- Official Swiss troops in other armies -- The military revolution -- No money, no Swiss -- The introduction of standing armies -- Section four: The decline of the mercenary business Blenhein to Savannah 1704-1779 -- Service for Holland -- The ancien régime -- Reduced attractiveness of mercenary service -- Service in all the armies of Europe -- Last throes of mercenary service the Bastille to the Vatican 1789-today -- Loyalty and honour -- For and against Napoleon -- The foreign legion and the Papal guard.
- ISBN
- 0850523125
- LCCN
- ^^^94141072^
- OCLC
- 29615556
- SCSB-11255645
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library