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Wars Overseas

Military Operations by Company and State Outside Europe 1595-1814
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 2024

Bibliographic data

Edition
1/2024
Copyright Year
2024
ISBN-Print
978-90-8728-406-0
ISBN-Online
978-94-006-0451-3
Publisher
Leiden University Press, Leiden
Series
Military History of the Netherlands
Volume
6
Language
English
Pages
496
Product Type
Monograph

Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Preface No access
    1. Wars Overseas and Military Revolution No access
    2. Premiss and Structure No access
    1. The Spanish-Portuguese Empire No access
    2. Anglo-Dutch Expeditions No access
    3. Opening Moves in the Atlantic No access
    4. The Voorcompagnieën in Asia No access
    5. The States General and the Foundingof the VOC and WIC No access
    6. Conclusion No access
      1. The Charter and the Admirals’ Instructions No access
      2. The Battle of the Admirals No access
      3. The Twelve Years’ Truce and the First Governors-General No access
      4. Coen’s First Term No access
      5. Coen’s Second Term No access
      6. Conclusion No access
      1. Van Diemen versus Portugal No access
      2. Endgame with Portugal No access
      3. At War with the English and French No access
      4. The Cloves Secured: Ambon No access
      5. The Cloves Secured: the Moluccas No access
      6. Decisive Action in the Eastern Archipelago: Makassar No access
      7. Punitive Expeditions No access
      8. Formosa Won and Lost No access
      9. Van Goens versus Kandy No access
      10. Leaving Bridgehead Batavia: Intervention in Mataram No access
      11. Leaving Bridgehead Batavia: Intervention in Bantam No access
      12. Conclusion No access
      1. Consolidation versus Intervention No access
      2. The First and Second Javanese Wars of Succession No access
      3. The Chinese Massacre in Batavia and the Chinese War in Mataram No access
      4. The Third Javanese War of Succession and the Partition of Mataram No access
      5. Problems Elsewhere in the Archipelago No access
      6. Hegemony in Ceylon Secured No access
      7. From Strength to Weakness: the VOC in Malabar No access
      8. Around the Arabian Sea: Pulling Back from the Periphery No access
      9. The Reforms of Van Imhoff and his Successors No access
      10. Confrontations with the French and the British No access
      11. Conclusion No access
      1. The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War No access
      2. Declining Power No access
      3. New Initiatives for More Effective Defence No access
      4. Revolution in Europe No access
      5. The First British Conquest No access
      6. The Treaty of Amiens and the Resumption of Fighting No access
      7. Daendels on Java No access
      8. The Second British Conquest: the End of the Empire No access
      9. Conclusion No access
      1. European Recruitment No access
      2. To the East and Back No access
      3. The Deployability of European Soldiers and Sailors No access
      4. Militiamen and Conscripts No access
      5. Asian Auxiliaries and Mariners No access
      6. The Sum of the Parts No access
      7. Incomes of Soldiers and Sailors No access
      8. The Quality and Cost of Military and Maritime Personnel No access
      9. Conclusion No access
      1. Ships Built in the Dutch Republic No access
      2. Shipbuilding and Repair in the East No access
      3. Naval Strength in the East No access
      4. Ships’ Ordnance and Fighting Power No access
      5. Fortifications: Anchoring the Empire No access
      6. Forts and Fortifications: Construction, Maintenance, Classification No access
      7. Artillery No access
      8. Bladed Weapons and Firearms No access
      9. Powder, Ammunition, and other Essentials No access
      10. The Cost of Ships, Fortifications, and Weapons No access
      11. Conclusion No access
      1. The Outward and Homeward Voyages No access
      2. In Batavia, Capital of the Empire No access
      3. In the Regional Garrison Towns No access
      4. Desertion No access
      5. The Image and Treatment of Enemies No access
      6. Conclusion No access
      1. First Plans of Attack No access
      2. The Grand Design No access
      3. Expedition to Salvador No access
      4. Attacks on Luanda and Elmina No access
      5. Privateering No access
      6. Caribbean Outposts No access
      7. The Fight for Brazil Renewed No access
      8. Military Victories and Defeats under Johan Maurits No access
      9. The Portuguese Counterattack No access
      10. Conclusion No access
      1. Escalating Tensions No access
      2. Run-up to the Second Anglo-Dutch War No access
      3. Michiel de Ruyter’s Secret Orders No access
      4. Recapturing Gorée No access
      5. Actions on the Gold Coast No access
      6. To the West Indies and Newfoundland No access
      7. The English Counterattack No access
      8. The Conquest of Suriname No access
      9. At War with England and France (1672–1678) No access
      10. French Attacks on the Wild Coast (1688–1712) No access
      11. Defence of Dutch Neutrality (1713–1780) No access
      12. Conclusion No access
      1. Rising Tensions No access
      2. The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War in the West Indies No access
      3. Plans for Better Defence No access
      4. The Batavian-French Period No access
      5. Conclusion No access
      1. Border Areas No access
      2. Indigenous Opponents in New Netherland No access
      3. Indigenous Opponents on the Wild Coast No access
      4. War with the Maroons No access
      5. Slave Uprisings No access
      6. Indigenous Allies No access
      7. The Komenda War on the Gold Coast No access
      8. Conclusion No access
      1. Crews and Troops No access
      2. Recruitment, Quality and Origin of Soldiers and Sailors No access
      3. Discipline and Drill No access
      4. Citizen Militias No access
      5. Black Soldiers No access
      6. Insubordination and Punishment No access
      7. Battlefield Ethics No access
      8. Conclusion No access
      1. Ships No access
      2. Forts No access
      3. Weapons No access
      4. Financial Investment No access
      5. Conclusion No access
    1. The Dutch Overseas No access
    2. East and West Compared No access
    3. Dutch Expansion and the Military Revolution No access
    1. Introduction No access
    2. Chapter One No access
    3. Chapter Two No access
    4. Chapter Three No access
    5. Chapter Four No access
    6. Chapter Five No access
    7. Chapter Six No access
    8. Chapter Seven No access
    9. Chapter Eight No access
    10. Chapter Nine No access
    11. Chapter Ten No access
    12. Chapter Eleven No access
    13. Chapter Twelve No access
    14. Chapter Thirteen No access
    15. Chapter Fourteen No access
    16. Concluding Observations No access
    1. Archival Sources No access
    2. Printed Sources No access
  9. List of Tables and Maps No access 479 - 479
  10. About the Authors No access 480 - 480
  11. Illustration Credits No access 481 - 481
  12. Index No access 482 - 496

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