These larger armies (300% in the case of Sweden) composed of many multitudes of tactical units that had been reduced in size . Naturally the each unit required a subaltern, the young noblemen fill these positions. These put many young officer in the front lines during battle; many died. In addition to the increase in junior officer the senior office corps were swollen with nobles, all adhering to a new strict command chain that the revolution brought about. A command structure that was only possible in the state centralised armies. Storrs and Scott argue that this centralisation greatly reduced that feuding between rivals as the private armies of the nobles were pressed into service of state. This change in structure and command of armies changed the meaning of war for noble; gone where the days of “violent housekeeping” the revolution ushered in a new nationalised motive for war. Parker seeks to re-examine the key ideas of Roberts’ Military revolution. In the revised view Roberts’ idea Parker comments on the transformation experienced by Europeans of war through the progression of the revolution. Parker notes the
These larger armies (300% in the case of Sweden) composed of many multitudes of tactical units that had been reduced in size . Naturally the each unit required a subaltern, the young noblemen fill these positions. These put many young officer in the front lines during battle; many died. In addition to the increase in junior officer the senior office corps were swollen with nobles, all adhering to a new strict command chain that the revolution brought about. A command structure that was only possible in the state centralised armies. Storrs and Scott argue that this centralisation greatly reduced that feuding between rivals as the private armies of the nobles were pressed into service of state. This change in structure and command of armies changed the meaning of war for noble; gone where the days of “violent housekeeping” the revolution ushered in a new nationalised motive for war. Parker seeks to re-examine the key ideas of Roberts’ Military revolution. In the revised view Roberts’ idea Parker comments on the transformation experienced by Europeans of war through the progression of the revolution. Parker notes the