Forthcoming project books: Peter Wilson on 'Cooperation amidst Competition'

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Flags of Swiss regiments serving Louis XV of France (Vinkhuijzen Collection, New York Public Library)

In an introduction to his work in progress, 'Cooperation amidst Competition. Europe's Fiscal-Military System and the Nationalisation of Warfare 1530-1870', Peter Wilson reflects on the place of cooperation in the violent process of forming modern states and considers how it was possible to obtain the necessary resources from those who might be ambivalent or even enemies.

Read the blog here.