Death, Mud & Guns II: Military Rev and Birth of Bureaucracy

War, Conflict and Violence Series #2.5 of 4. The military revolution changed every detail of military service, provided a profession for sons who were not their fathers’ heirs, sparked concerns over hygiene, fashion, taxation, necessitated the development of the modern nation-state as we know it and made Europe, a small insignificant region of the world, a hegemonic force for centuries to come. All this and more on today’s episode.  Find Show Notes, Further Reading, and a complete transcript at: https://digpodcast.org/2017/09/24/military-revolution/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices