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War, Resources and Morality: Sweden 1740–1770

In: The War Within

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  • Patrik Winton

    (University of Uppsala)

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In this chapter, the Swedish state’s war efforts in 1741–1743 are compared with Sweden’s participation during the Seven Years’ War (1757–1762). More specifically, it examines the political discussions before the wars, but also the actions of the procurement commissions set up to oversee the mobilization of resources before and during the wars. Moreover, the chapter explores how the members of the Diet assessed the actions of leading officers, as well as the activities of the political leadership and key administrators during and after the military campaigns. A key question concerns for the analysis is how members of the procurement commissions and the politicians, who scrutinized the actions of the military and political leadership, handled issues of accountability. By examining these issues we not only gain a better understanding of how discourses about the relationships between private and public interests affected how resources were mobilized in such a state.

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  • Patrik Winton, 2018. "War, Resources and Morality: Sweden 1740–1770," Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance, in: Joël Félix & Anne Dubet (ed.), The War Within, chapter 0, pages 229-256, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:psitcp:978-3-319-98050-8_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-98050-8_10
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