Langer, Herbert.Thirty Years' War. Hippocrene, 1980. Political and social history accenting relations between soldiers and peasants.
Parker, Geoffrey.The Thirty Years' War. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984. The origins, progress, and significance of the war on society and politics.
Wedgewood, Cicely.The Thirty Years War, 1618-1648. Routledge, 1990. First published in 1938, this standard history covers the exploits of military and political leaders.