Frederick the Great. A Military Life

Contents

Preface ix

Abbreviations xi

One Origins 1

Two The Silesian Wars, 1740-5 21

Three The Armed Camp, 1745-56 76

Four The Theatre of War 89

Five The Seven Years War, 1756-63 101

Six In Search of Old Fritz 244

Seven Public Affairs, and the War of the
Bavarian Succession, 1778-9 263

Eight Final Years and Immortality 279

Nine Frederick and War 289

Maps 340

Bibliography 383

Index 401