In "The Dutch Wars of Independence," Marjolein t Hart assesses
the success of the Dutch in establishing their independence through
their eighty years struggle with Spain - one of the most remarkable
achievements of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Other
rebellions troubled mighty powers of this epoch, but none resulted
in the establishment of an independent, republican state. This
book:
- tells the story of the Eighty Years War and its aftermath,
including the three Anglo-Dutch Wars and the Guerre de Hollande
(1570-1680).
- explores the interrelation between war, economy and society,
explaining how the Dutch could turn their wars into commercial
successes.
- illustrates how war could trigger and sustain innovations in
the field of economy and state formation; the new ways of
organization of Dutch military institutions favoured a high degree
of commercialized warfare.
- shows how other state rulers tried to copy the Dutch way of
commercialized warfare, in particular in taking up the protection
for capital accumulation. As such, the book unravels one of the
unknown pillars of European state formation (and of
capitalism).
The volume investigates thoroughly the economic profitability of
warfare in the early modern period and shows how smaller,
commercialized states could sustain prolonged war violence common
to that period. It moves beyond traditional explanations of Dutch
success in warfare focusing on geography, religion, diplomacy while
presenting an up-to-date overview and interpretation of the Dutch
Revolt, the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the Guerre de Hollande."
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