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MVPQ's avatar

Sharman’s book on Company States is much better and more interesting than his MR book. He is also quite a mediocre and repetitive writer.

Also, I find it weird and disappointing how little theories of Military Revolution interact with the growing dominance of early-modern navies. Navies were one area where Europeans achieved unambiguous global domination and vital to military conflicts of the period. They also played a much larger role in colonialism than pike-and-shotte formations

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J Jordan's avatar

Might the recent article by Deborah Boucoyannis titled “The More War, The Less State: The Inverse Relationship between War, State Size, and “Stateness,” warrant a mention in this context?

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