UID:
edocfu_9959870200202883
Format:
1 online resource (286 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-19-163694-0
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1-283-63947-5
Content:
The financial humbling of a great power in any age demands explanation. In the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14) Louis XIV's France had to fight way beyond its borders and the costs of war rose to unprecedented heights. With royal income falling as economic activity slowed down.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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pt. 1. The strategic management of war and the financial chain of command -- pt. 2. Raising money, finding money, making money : sourcing revenue in an age of crisis -- pt. 3. The degeneration of military funding and the rising costs of war.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-958507-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-174460-3
Language:
English
