The Ospreys about the Imperial army are indeed of low quality for the very reasons already mentioned. Their works include the recent jointly authored 'Alexander Leslie and the Scottish Generals of the Thirty Years' War, 1618–1648 ' Other specialised researchers are Steve Murdoch and Alexia Grosjean who have made indepth studies in the Scottish connection to Sweden and the TYW. David Parrot has written a thick and somewhat dry book on the French army of Richelieu and the easily overlooked 'The Bussiness of War' which looks at the use of military enterprisers and looks a lot at the the later TYW from that viewpoint including a study of the operational effectiveness of those armies that effectivly challenges some old views with new and solid research. Golo Mann's biography of Wallenstein was translated into English and Geoff Mortimer has written a recent volume on Wallenstein as well. You have the works by Michael Roberts that focused on Gustavus Adolphus and the rise of Sweden as a great power during the TYW.

Wilson uses almost 1000 pages but still has more than a few gaps in his coverage.īut books & academic works focusing on parts of TYW history are a lot more common even in English. īooks that cover the entire war are far and few between in any language simply because the subject is almost impossible to cover for a single author due to the sheer size and lenght of the war(s). GurKhan has already mentioned Parker's work, allowing for it's age it's main drawback is that it is too short. There are certainly more books on the TYW in English than Wilson and Wedgewood.

The Thirty Years War by C.V. Wedgwood