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050 00 $aD292$b.A32 1995
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100 1 $aAnderson, M. S.$q(Matthew Smith)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50021937
245 14 $aThe War of the Austrian Succession, 1740-1748 /$cM.S. Anderson.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bLongman,$c1995.
263 $a9503
300 $axi, 248 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aModern wars in perspective
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a1. Europe in 1740: the Pragmatic Sanction and the Anglo-Spanish War. Franco-Habsburg rivalry. The Pragmatic Sanction. Imperial rivalries and the Anglo-Spanish War -- 2. Armies and navies in transition. States and armies: provision and control. Armies: the hold of the past. Armies: recruiting. Armies in action. Navies: the problem of manning -- 3. War and society. Waste and loss. Stimulus and opportunity. The difficult balance -- 4. The Prussian invasion of Silesia and the crisis of Habsburg power, 1740-1. Frederick II invades Silesia. Europe reacts to the invasion. The Habsburg monarchy survives -- 5. From Klein-Schnellendorff to Breslau, 1741-2. The imperial election and the Habsburg conquest of Bavaria. The war begins in Italy. Frederick II makes peace but remains insecure. Britain begins to play an active role in Europe -- 6. From Breslau to Dresden: the end of the war in Germany, 1742-5. French disappointments and frustrated Austrian hopes. The war in Italy and the Hanau negotiations.
505 8 $aThe Treaty of Worms and its results. Frederick II re-enters the struggle but with little success. The war in Italy and Franco-Spanish divisions. Frederick II's difficulties and eventual triumph. A realignment of French policy? Decision in Germany: but the war continues -- 7. Italy and the Netherlands, 1745-8. Frederick II's continuing fears. The Netherlands, 1746: French successes. Italy, 1746: d'Argenson's plans and their results. Italy, 1746: Franco-Spanish disunity. Italy, 1746-8: the invasion of Provence, the revolt of Genoa, final stalemate. The Netherlands, 1747-8: French success and Dutch collapse -- 8. The naval and colonial struggle. The navies and their work. The West Indies and North America. The struggle in India. British successes and the war against French trade -- 9. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. Peace feelers and tentative negotiations, 1745-7. Britain and France force the pace. Disappointments and recriminations -- 10. The results of the war. Prussian success and Habsburg reform.
505 8 $aA British or French alliance for Austria? Colonial stalemate: limited military innovation.
650 0 $aAustrian Succession, War of, 1740-1748.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009756
830 0 $aModern wars in perspective.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93069604
852 00 $bglx$hD292$i.A32 1995