Seven Years War A Transatlantic History

This is the first comprehensive one-volume overview of the diplomatic, military and maritime history of the causes and conduct of the Seven Years' War and its American manifestation, the French and Indian War (1753-63).The Seven Years' War was the first global conflict in history and a precursor to the American War of Independence. The authors summarize both older and more recent scholarship on these subjects, and synthesize them in a complete annotated bibliography. The book also includes biographical sketches and critical reappraisals of some of the major figures of the periodThe Seven Years War will be of great interest to students of the Seven Years War, American history, diplomatic and military history.Schumann, Matthias is the author of 'Seven Years War A Transatlantic History', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415394178 and ISBN 0415394171.