Gold, Blood, and Power
Finance and War Through The Ages
cCicero once pointed out that the crucial sinew of war is, and always has been, endless streams of money. Wars throughout history have been waged for only as long as the money has held out. If silver and gold continued to pour forth from a state's treasury, then a ruler or government could tap a never-ending supply of soldiers and war materiel. However, soon after the supply of coin was expended, armies began to vanish and sources of supply would dry up. Only when new methods of providing long-term finances started to evolve, first in the Netherlands and soon thereafter through the Bank of England, do we begin to witness progress toward a fin…
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Weitere Autoren: Institute, Strategic Studies / Army War College, U. S.
- ISBN: 978-1-329-78601-1
- EAN: 9781329786011
- Produktnummer: 19711292
- Verlag: Lulu.com
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 120 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.6 cm 187 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 187
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