Catalog > Human Sciences > History > John Gooch: Armies in Europe (PDF)

John Gooch
Armies in Europe [PDF ebook]

Support

Cover of John Gooch: Armies in Europe (PDF)

This book, originally published in 1980, is a study of the nature and purposes of peace-time military organization in Europe, and of the characteristics and outcome of the major wars fought during these years. It charts the rise of mass armies and the role of conscription as a socializing agent and a military instrument, as well as discussing the growing involvement of society in war both as agent and target of military activity, the mounting effort required of a society in order to ahcieve victory, culminating in the ‘Total War’ of 1939-45. Among other subjects explored are the development of war economies, the genesis and significance of war aims, the importance of social cohesion in modern war and the impact of technology.

€47.18

Buy this ebook and get 1 more FREE!

Format PDF ● Pages 296 ● ISBN 9781317393061 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4564161 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

Requires a DRM capable ebook reader

More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor

223,428 Ebooks in this category

Cover of David Loades: The Religious Culture of Marian England

David Loades: The Religious Culture of Marian England

Loades explores England”s religious cultures during the reign of Mary Tudor. He investigates how conflicting traditions of conformity and dissent negotiated the new spiritual, political and legal la …

Cover of Tim Chapman: Imperial Russia, 1801-1905

Tim Chapman: Imperial Russia, 1801-1905

Imperial Russia, 1801-1905 traces the development of the Russian Empire from the murder of ”mad Tsar Paul” to the reforms of the 1890s that were an attempt to modernise the autocratic state. This i …

Cover of Deborah F. Sawyer: Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries

Deborah F. Sawyer: Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries

Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries focuses on religion during the period of Roman imperial rule and its significance in women”s lives. It discusses the rich variety of religious exp …

Cover of Arthur Percival Newton: Travel and Travellers of the Middle Ages

Arthur Percival Newton: Travel and Travellers of the Middle Ages

This carefully complied work marks an important contribution to the history of Medieval travel. It will appeal to the scholar and to the general reader. It covers such areas as the conception of the …

Cover of Eldin Fahmy: Young Citizens

Eldin Fahmy: Young Citizens

Recent years have witnessed growing concerns about the disengagement of young people from conventional politics both in Britain and internationally. Their non-participation is often viewed as reflect …

Cover of Merriam Press: World War 2 In Review No. 47: Weapons

Merriam Press: World War 2 In Review No. 47: Weapons

Merriam Press World War 2 In Review Series. The following articles on World War II weapons are in this issue: (1) Anti-tank Guns Part 5 (Russia and Swedish) (2) Artillery Practices by the Major Comba …

Cover of Dmitri N Shalin: Russian Culture At The Crossroads

Dmitri N Shalin: Russian Culture At The Crossroads

The reexamination of values that began during the USSRs last years continues today in the search for a new Russian culture, one rooted in the pre-Soviet past but dynamic and evolving. Multi-textual, …

Cover of Philip Carl Salzman: Pastoralists

Philip Carl Salzman: Pastoralists

Drawing upon the author”s extensive field research among pastoral peoples in the Middle East, India, and the Mediterranean, and on more than 30 years of comparative study of pastoralists around the …

Cover of D. Van der Meulen: The Wells Of Ibn Sa‘ud

D. Van der Meulen: The Wells Of Ibn Sa‘ud

First published in 2001. The dramatic rise to power of the Sa’udi family in Central Arabia and The emergence of the country from early Moslem ways into The modern materialism of The West are vividly …