War and peace in the Baltic, 1560-1790
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War and peace in the Baltic, 1560-1790
(War in context)
Routledge, 1992
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Bibliography: p. 204-211
Description and Table of Contents
Description
From the middle of the sixteenth century to the end of the eighteenth cetury the Baltic sea was the scene of frequent conflicts between the powers that surrounded it. As the fortunes in the struggle changed, so did the composition of opposing alliances and the identity of the leading participants. Not only were the littoral states concerned by the outcome; other European states were anxious thoughout the period with what went on in the Baltic, where the emergence of one dominant power could be potentially dangerous and where many had important commercial interests. Stewart Oakley makes clear the causes and course of the conflicts and explains the varying fortunes of the participants. It traces the emergence of Sweden, poor as it was in resources, as the leading power in the area in the early seventeenth century, the early unsuccessful attempts by the Muscovite state to break through to the Sea, the eventual collapse of Sweden's `empire' at the beginning of the eighteenth century and final emergence of Russia as the leading player on the stage. The main part of the work ends with the failure of Sweden's final attempt to regain something of its former status. The subsequent fortunes of the area are described briefly.
Table of Contents
1. Setting the Scene 2. The Baltic World in the Middle of the Sixteenth Century 3. The Struggle for Livonia (1558-95) 4. The Time of Troubles (1595-1617) 5. The Baltic During the Thirty Years War (1618-48) 6. The First Great Northern War (1648-67) 7. The Later Seventeenth Century (1667-1700) 8. Charles XII, Peter the Great and the End of Swedish Dominance (1700-21) 9. A New Balance (1721-51) 10. Mid-Century Crises (1750-72) 11. The Age of Gustavus III (1772-90) Postlude The Baltic in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1790-1815) Epilogue The Baltic in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
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