Brian M. Downing
Author of The Military Revolution and Political Change: Origins of Democracy and Autocracy in Early Modern Europe
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The Military Revolution and Political Change: Origins of Democracy and Autocracy in Early Modern Europe (1992) 44 copies, 2 reviews
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With the military revolutions of the 17th century, every state (with only a few exceptions) needed a massive increse in resources to develop an army strong enough to survive. And extracting major new tax revenues almost invariably crushed the survival of liberties supported by medial constitutionalim.
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