Gustavus Adolphus, Sweden and the Thirty Years War, 1630–1632 9781526749598, 1526749599

Table of contents :
Cover
Book Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Plates
Preface
Timeline
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Sweden, the Reformation and Germany
Chapter 3 The son of a usurper, Gustavus Adolphus, 1594–1611
Chapter 4 The establishment of the new king’s rule, 1611–1621
Chapter 5 Recruitment and tactics: military reforms in the 1610s and 1620s
Chapter 6It’s all about Poland,1621–16291
Chapter 6 It’s all about Poland, 1621–1629
Chapter 7 The road to the German war, 1627–1630
Chapter 8 The bridgehead, 1630
Chapter 9 The breakout from the bridgehead, 1630–1631
Chapter 10 Breitenfeld, 1631: was it so decisive?
Chapter 11 How to keep an army in Germany: diplomacy, economy and military efforts
Chapter 12 The hakkapelites: myth and reality
Chapter 13 Six important towns: Frankfurt, Hamburg, Mainz, Stralsund, Stettin and Wismar
Chapter 14 The general, the soldier and the soldier’s wife: attitudes to the military
Plate Section
Chapter 15 The propaganda war
Chapter 16 The home front
Chapter 17 The new front in southwestern Germany
Chapter 18 Sweden and Spain meet in Germany, 1631
Chapter 19 The consolidation of Swedish power in Mecklenburg, 1632
Chapter 20 Operations between the Elbe and Weser, 1632
Chapter 21 The attack on Bavaria in the spring of 1632
Chapter 22 Sea lines of communication: naval warfare
Chapter 23 The rush for Saxony, autumn 1632
Chapter 24 The costs of the war
Chapter 25 The battle at Lutzen, 6 November 1632
Chapter 26 The king’s return home and funeral
Chapter 27 Sweden and the second half of the Thirty Years War, 1633–48
Chapter 28 The heritage of Gustavus Adolphus: Sweden’s German provinces
Chapter 29 From war hero to pastry: historiography and commemoration
Appendices: Commanders, troop organisation and strengths
Appendix I The expeditionary force in Stockholm’s archipelago, end of May 1630
Appendix II The expeditionary fleet for the transfer to Pomerania
Appendix III The main sailing ships of the Swedish navy, 1630–1632
Appendix IV Swedish recruitment in the British Isles, 1629–1631
Appendix V Swedish recruitment in Germany, 1630–1631
Appendix VI The Swedish and Saxon orders of battle at Breitenfeld, 7 September 16316
Appendix VII The Swedish order of battle at Lutzen, 6 November 1632
Appendix VIII Key persons on the Swedish side
Notes
References
Index
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