Il saggio discute criticamente la storiografia italiana degli ultimi
vent’anni concernente la sfera strategica e i suoi risvolti
socio-economici in età moderna. Fra i temi affrontati, si annoverano le
implicazioni finanziarie e fiscali, la logistica, l’industria bellica,
la tecnologia militare e il capitale umano, la guerra d’assedio, il
cosiddetto business of war.
Età moderna, guerra, storia socio-economica, storiografia,
strategia
The paper discusses the Italian historiography of the last twenty years
concerning the social and economic implications of early modern war and
strategy. A wide range of topics are addressed, among which public
finance and taxation, logistics, war industry, military technology and
human capital, siege warfare, and the so-called business of war.
Early modern period, war, economic and social history,
historiography,
strategy