WARS AND SOLDIERS IN THE EARLY REIGN OF LOUIS XIV: Volume 8 -- The Armies of Sweden and Denmark-Norway, 1665-1690

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Details the conflicts fought by Sweden and Denmark-Norway in the late 17th Century. The history, organization, equipment, uniforms, and ensigns of the two armies are brought together in a single volume, together with an appendix dealing with the Duchy of Courland. Both France and Sweden were interested in reducing the Dutch leading roll as a seafaring, commerce nation. Denmark-Norway faced this scenario always in the opposite side. The Swedish army was still regarded as a role model by the contemporaries, and even after the reforms introduced by Gustavus Adolphus, Swedish generals did not cease to develop new military theories, while the state provided itself with an administrative structure capable of supporting the war effort. No less important was the political and military trajectory of Denmark, the nation that more than any other in these years was on the front line against the Lion of the North. Contains 8 color plates, 100 black and white illustrations, diagrams, and maps.