Military Power and the Dutch Republic : War, Trade and the Balance of Power in Europe, 1, Hardcover by Van Alphen, Marc; Hoffenaar, Jan; Lemmers, Alan; Van Der Spek, Christiaan, ISBN 9087283652, ISBN-13 9789087283650, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
<b>The miraculous rise and fall of the Dutch military during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.</b><br><br> During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Dutch Republic exerted significant global influence through military might, yet at the turn of the nineteenth century, almost overnight, Napoleon wiped the nation from the political map. <i>Military Power and the Dutch Republic </i>offers a tactical and logistical explanation for both the “miracle” of Dutch power as well as its swift demise.