Reference Works Dealing with Early Modern European Military History

(Unless a specific library is noted, these works should be available at most major midwestern research libararies.)

Bodart, Gaston.  Losses of life in modern wars.  Oxford, 1916.

Bodart, Gaston.  Militär-historisches kriegs-lexikon (1618-1905).  Vienna and Leipzig, 1908.
ICN, U 006 .1 (Vienna and Leipzig, 1908); ICJ (Vienna and Leipzig, 1908).
Comments:  A fairly rare work that is probably the best list of battles and sieges available.

Bruce, Anthony.  A Bibliography of British Military History from the Roman Invasion to the Restoration, 1660.  Munich, 1981.

Bruce, Anthony.  A Bibliography of the British Army, 1660-1914.  Munich, 1984.

Cockle, Maurice J. D.  A Bibliography of Military Books up to 1642.  With an Introduction by Sir Charles Oman.  London, Holland Press, 1978.
Comments:  This work was first published in 1900 and then appeared in a second edition in 1957.  The 1978 volume         is a reprint.

Dumas, Samuel.  Losses of life caused by war.  Oxford, 1923.

Dupuy, R. Ernest, and Dupuy, Trevor.  The Encyclopedia of Military History.  New York, 1970 and later editions.

France--Archives de la guerre.  Inventaire sommaire des archives historiques.  Archives anciennes.  3 vols.  Paris, 1898-1905.
Comments:  Also found under Louis Tuetey.  This work catalogs the A1 series of correspondence; unfortunately, it is available in the U.S. only at Harvard and the Library of Congress.

France--Archives de la guerre.  Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques publiques de France.  Archives de la guerre.  3 vols.  Paris, 1912-1920.
IU (Paris, 1912-1920); ICJ (Paris, 1912-1920).
Comments:  Also found under Louis Tuetey.  This work catalogs the MR series of manuscript memoirs and papers.

Higham, Robbin, ed.  A Guide to the Sources of British Military History.  Berkeley, 1971.

Jessup, John E., and Coakley, Robert W.  Guide to the Study and Use of Military History.  Washington, 1979.

Parker, Geoffrey.  The Military Revolution:  Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800.  Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1988.

Pohler, Johann, 1851-?.  Bibliotheca historico-militaris.  Systematische Uebersicht der Erscheinungen aller Sprachen auf dem gebiete der Geschichte der Kriege und Kriegswissenschaft seit Erfindung der Buchdruckerkunst bus zum Schluss des jahres 1880.  4 vols.  Leipzig, G. Lang, 1887-99.
ICN, U .7 (Leipzig, 1887-99); ICJ (Leipzig, 1887-99); MnU (Leipzig, 1887-99).
Comments:  Contents--Vols. 1-2:  I. “Geschichte der Kriege von den ältesten Seiten bis zum Jahre 1880.”  (1887-90).  Vol. 3:  II. “Kriegsgeschichte einzelner Staaten und Länder.”  III. “Allgemeine Geschichte von Festungen.”  IV. “Heeres- und Truppengeschichte.”  V. “Geschichte der heereseinrichtungen.”  VI. “Geschichte der Kriegskunst.”  VII. “Marine.”  (1895).  Vol. 4:  VIII. “Lebensbeschreibungen, Denkwürdigkeiten und Briefwechsel.”  (1899).

Ross, Steven.  French Military History, 1660-1799:  A Guide to the Literature.  New York, Garland, 1984.

Showalter, Dennis E.  German Military History, 1648-1982: A Critical Bibliography.  New York, Garland, 1983.

Spaulding, Thomas M., and Karpinski, Louis C., 1878-1956.  Early Military Books in the University of Michigan libraries.  Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan press, 1941.