This book provides a concise and accessible introduction to modern military history. The collection is a clear and up to date survey of the significant debates, interpretations and historiographical shifts for a series of key themes in military history. Each chapter is supported by notes and a brief bibliography outlining further reading.
Tabela de Conteúdo
Introduction; M.Hughes & W.J.Philpott Military Revolutions and Military History; L.Henninger Warfare and the Rise of the State; A.James War and Society; M.Neiberg Military Thought from Machiavelli to Liddell Hart; N.Gardner Tactics, Operations and Strategy: The Evolution of Land Warfare from Machiavelli to Desert Storm; W.Chinn Low-Intensity Conflicts, Insurgency, Terrorism and Revolutionary War; J.Cann Total War; W.J.Philpott Air Power; J.Buckley Naval Warfare; A.Lambert Non-European Warfare; B.Vandervort Imperial Military History; P.Stanley Science, Technology and War; M.Hughes New Military History; J.Bourke
Sobre o autor
JOANNA BOURKE Professor at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK JOHN BUCKLEY Doctor at University of Wolverhampton, UK JOHN CANN United States Marine Corps University, USA WARREN CHINN Doctor at Joint Services Command and Staff College, UK NIKOLAS GARDNER Doctor at University of Salford, UK LAURENT HENNINGER Centre d’Études d’Histoire de la Défence, France ALAN JAMES Doctor in War Studies Department, King’s College London, UK ANDREW LAMBERT Professor in War Studies Department, King’s College London, UK MICHAEL NEIBERG University of Southern Mississippi, USA PETER STANLEY Doctor at Australian War Memorial, Australia BRUCE VANDERVORT Professor at Virginia Military Institute, USA
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