Warfare and Empires

Contents: Introduction; Armed forces and the expansion of Europe: Ideology and conflict: the wars of the Ottoman Empire, 1453-1606, John F. Guilmartin, Jr.; The French King wakes up in Detroit: 'Pontiac's War' in rumour and history, Gregory Evans Dowd; Fortifications and the 'idea' of force in early English East India Company relations with India, I. Bruce Watson; Military revolution or military evolution: Saint Barbara's legion: Portuguese artillery in the struggle for Morocco, 1415-1578, John Vogt; The art of war in Angola, 1575-1680, John K. Thornton; Balance and military innovation in 17th-century Java, Merle Ricklefs; Notes on early European military influences in Japan, 1543-1853, C. R. Boxer; Indigenous assistance and indigenous resistance: Indigenous assistance in the establishment of Portuguese power in Asia in the 16th century, G. V. Scammell; Crisis and failure: war and revolt in the Ambon Islands, 1636-1637, Gerrit J. Knaap; The Company army and rural society: the invalid Thanah army, 1780-1830, Seema Alavi; Social structure of the TA?pac Amaru army in Cuzco, 1780-1781, Leon G. Campbell; Adapting to conditions: tactics, technology, medicine: Changing military technology among the Indians of southern New England, 1600-1677, Patrick M. Malone; The import of firearms into West Africa, 1750-1807: a quantitative analysis, J. E. Inikori; Resources and techniques in the second Maratha War, John Pemble; Wellington and the Marathas in 1803, Randolf G. S. Cooper; Combatting the invisible enemy: health and hospital care in the army of New Spain, 1760-1810, Christon I. Archer; Colonial experience and European military reform at the end of the 18th century, Peter Paret; Index.