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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Reed Browning |
ISBN: | 0312125615 9780312125615 |
OCLC Number: | 32132150 |
Description: | xv, 445 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Prologue : The designs of Europe. The framework of war -- The constellation of states -- -- PART I : The lure of depredation, October 1740-July 1742. The temptation of war, October 1740-April 1741 -- France's diplomatic noose, April-September 1741 -- The abasement of Austria, September 1741-January 1742 -- The turn of the tide, January-June 1742 -- -- PART II : The redefinition of goals, July 1742-August 1744. All eyes on Bohemia, July-December 1742 -- Britain seizes the initiative, January-September 1743 -- Bourbon solidarity, September 1743-April 1744 -- The engulfing maelstrom, April-August 1744 -- -- PART III : A cacophony of purposes, August 1744-December 1745. The Worms Alliance flourishes, August 1744-January 1745 -- Maurice and Frederick, January-June 1745 -- The Worms Alliance withers, June-September 1745 -- Infelix Austria, September-December 1745 -- -- PART IV : The reassertion of tradition, December 1745-October 1747. The foundering of French policy, December 1745-June 1746 -- The Bourbons fall out, June-December 1746 -- Further revolutionary intrusions, December 1746-May 1747 -- Athens and Sparta, May-October 1747 -- -- PART V : A peace of exhaustion, October 1747-October 1748 -- The collapse of the case for war, October 1747-April1748 -- The triumph of the diplomats, April-October 1748 -- The balance sheet. |
Responsibility: | Reed S. Browning. |
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