Cabinet wars

Cabinet wars, derived from the German expression Kabinettskriege (German: [kabiˈnɛtsˌkʁiːɡə], singular Kabinettskrieg), is a historical term to describe the shift from the regular, limited, aristocratic conflicts of the eighteenth century to total war following the French Revolution.^[1] Historians define cabinet wars as a period of small conflicts not involving standing armies, but with a growing military class arising to advise monarchs.^[2] The term derived from the council these cabinets provided during the period of absolute monarchies from the 1648 Peace of Westphalia to the 1789 French Revolution. These cabinets were marked by diplomacy and a self-serving nobility.^[3]^[4]

^ Hewitson, Mark (2013). "Princes' Wars, Wars of the People, or Total War? Mass Armies and the Question of a Military Revolution in Germany, 1792–1815". War in History. 20 (4): 452–490.
^ Hewitson, Mark (2017). The People's Wars: Histories of Violence in the German Lands,. Oxford University Press.
^ James, Leighton (2013). itnessing the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in German Central Europe. Springer.
^ Förster, Stig (1982). "Facing 'people's war': Moltke the elder and Germany's military options after 1871". The Journal of Strategic Studies. 10 (2): 209–230.

[1] Hewitson, Mark (2013). "Princes' Wars, Wars of the People, or Total War? Mass Armies and the Question of a Military Revolution in Germany, 1792–1815". War in History. 20 (4): 452–490.

[2] Hewitson, Mark (2017). The People's Wars: Histories of Violence in the German Lands,. Oxford University Press.

[3] James, Leighton (2013). itnessing the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in German Central Europe. Springer.

[4] Förster, Stig (1982). "Facing 'people's war': Moltke the elder and Germany's military options after 1871". The Journal of Strategic Studies. 10 (2): 209–230.

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