War, Society and Enlightenment : : The Works of General Lloyd / / edited by Patrick J. Speelman.

• Superior document: History of Warfare ; 32
• Author: Lloyd, Henry, approximately 1720-1783.
• TeilnehmendeR: Speelman, Patrick J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2005.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: History of Warfare ; 32.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (771 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

Collected in this volume are all the known works and military memoirs of General Henry Lloyd, an eighteenth-century 'philosophe', who crafted a modern critical approach to military thinking. These six works serve as an introduction to and reflection on the theory of war produced during the Age of the Enlightenment. Republished from the originals, this is the first compilation and only modern edition of his political, economic and historical treatises. With introductory essays and annotations by the Editor, this volume provides both depth and context to the study of this long-neglected and misunderstood figure.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Maps -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgements -- I. The History of the Late War in Germany, Vol. I (1766) -- II. An Essay on the English Constitution (1770) -- III. An Essay on the Theory of Money (1771) -- IV. A Rhapsody on the Present System of French Politics; -- on the Projected Invasion, and the Means to Defeat It (1779) -- V. Continuation of the History of the Late War in Germany, -- between the King of Prussia, and the Empress of Germany -- and Her Allies, Part II (1781) -- VI. The History of the Late War in Germany, between the King -- of Prussia, and the Empress of Germany and Her Allies: -- Containing the Campaigns of 1758 and 1759, Vol. II (1790) -- Index.