A collection of essays, which explores the subject of the fiscal-military state by focusing on its exemplars in eighteenth century Europe: Austria, Britain, France, Prussia and Russia. It includes a chapter on the Savoyard state, a lesser power whose career illuminates by comparison developments elsewhere. 'This is an important collection. The essays will stand alone as significant contributions to their field while also providing the basis for the comparative history of fiscal-military change.' Economic History Review 'This collection in honour of P.G.M. Dickson makes a remarkably coherent and very welcome book... the many excellent essays in this collection offer a wonderful variety of new research on the fiscal demands on states at war; they also suggest the continuing need to integrate non-fiscal devices into discussions of the larger calculus of paying for war.' European History Quarterly 'The editor deserves praise for a coherent volume that represents a high-level contribution mostly to the debate on the reforming states in the later eighteenth century.' Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung