The War of the Austrian Succession 1740-1748 [electronic resource] / M.S. Anderson.
Set in motion by the disputed succession of Maria Theresa and her husband to the lands and dignities of Emperor Charles VI, this series of major conflicts (1740-48) involved far more than just the fate of the Habsurgs: soon, Austria, Prussia, France, Britain, Spain, Bavaria, Saxony and the Netherlan...
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Maps; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Europe in 1740: the Pragmatic Sanction and the Anglo-Spanish War; Franco-Habsburg rivalry; The Pragmatic Sanction; Imperial rivalries and the Anglo-Spanish War; 2 Armies and navies in transition; States and armies: provision and control; Armies: the hold of the past; Armies: recruiting; Armies in action; Navies: the problem of manning; 3 War and society; Waste and loss; Stimulus and opportunity; The difficult balance.
- 4 The Prussian invasion of Silesia and the crisis of Habsburg power, 1740-1Frederick II invades Silesia; Europe reacts to the invasion; The Habsburg monarchy survives; 5 From Klein-Schnellendorff to Breslau, 1741-2; The imperial election and the Habsburg conquest of Bavaria; The war begins in Italy; Frederick II makes peace but remains insecure; Britain begins to play an active role in Europe; 6 From Breslau to Dresden: the end of the war in Germany 1742-5; French disappointments and frustrated Austrian hopes; The war in Italy and the Hanau negotiations; The Treaty of Worms and its results.
- Frederick II re-enters the struggle but with little successThe war in Italy and Franco-Spanish divisions; Frederick II's difficulties and eventual triumph; A realignment of French policy?; Decision in Germany: but the war continues; 7 Italy and the Netherlands, 1745-8; Frederick II's continuing fears; The Netherlands, 1746: French successes; Italy, 1746: d' Argenson's plans and their results; Italy, 1746: Franco-Spanish disunity; Italy, 1746-8: the invasion of Provence, the revolt of Genoa, final stalemate; The Netherlands, 1747-8: French success and Dutch collapse.
- 8 The naval and colonial struggleThe navies and their work; The West Indies and North America; The struggle in India; British successes and the war against French trade; 9 The Peace of Aix-Ia-Chapelle; Peace feelers and tentative negotiations, 1745-7; Britain and France force the pace; Disappointments and recriminations; 10 The results of the war; Prussian success and Habsburg reform; A British or French alliance for Austria?; Colonial stalemate: limited military innovation; Chronology; Bibliography; Maps; Index.