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Author : Charles Townshend
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 25,44 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0192806459
Offering a comprehensive overview of military conflict over several centuries, this book consists of fascinating thematic chapters covering air and sea warfare, combat experience, technology, and even opposition to war.
Author : Edward Hagerman
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 34,67 MB
Release : 1992-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253207159
The American Civil War was a war of transition: a war of romanticism and idealism fought by a large citizen army with the first tools of modern warfare. This book is a must for students of American history and military affairs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Roger Chickering
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1065 pages
File Size : 41,15 MB
Release : 2012-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1316175928
Volume IV of The Cambridge History of War offers a definitive new account of war in the most destructive period in human history. Opening with the massive conflicts that erupted in the mid nineteenth century in the US, Asia and Europe, leading historians trace the global evolution of warfare through 'the age of mass', 'the age of machine' and 'the age of management'. They explore how industrialization and nationalism fostered vast armies whilst the emergence of mobile warfare and improved communications systems made possible the 'total warfare' of the two World Wars. With military conflict regionalized after 1945 they show how guerrilla and asymmetrical warfare highlighted the limits of the machine and mass as well as the importance of the media in winning 'hearts and minds'. This is a comprehensive guide to every facet of modern war from strategy and operations to its social, cultural, technological and political contexts and legacies.
Author : Richard Connaughton
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 30,57 MB
Release : 2013-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1472107691
Since Vietnam, both the way we fight and our reasons for going to war have become much more complex. The importance of a conflict is determined not by its size or by the numbers of combatants involved but by its ripple effects and its influence upon future events. In a series of thrilling recreations of eight of the most significant encounters of the last three decades, military historian Richard Connaughton presents a fascinating insight into modern warfare, including interviews with some of the major figures. The conflicts include Goose Green in the Falklands, the invasion of Grenada, Operation Desert Storm - the first Iraq War, Operations in Mogadishu as immortalized in the book and film Blackhawk Down, the Siege of Gorazde and Operation Barras in Sierra Leone, as well as more recent events at Fallujah, Iraq, and in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Richard Connaughton has interviewed most of the major figures involved in each of the conflicts and offers powerful insights into why battles either work or don't. This book will tell you what warfare means in the contemporary world and how it can affect tomorrow.
Author : Paul Fussell
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 842 pages
File Size : 40,72 MB
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393029093
Selections from poetry and fiction describe the 20th century's major conflicts.
Author : Geoffrey Parker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 44,2 MB
Release : 2005-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521853590
War is a compelling subject. It is common to almost all known societies and periods of history. The Cambridge History of Warfare, first published in 2005, provides a detailed account of war in the West from antiquity to the present day, and is unique because of its controversial thesis that war in western societies has followed a unique path leading to western dominance of the globe. From the Greek victory at Marathon to the Gulf War, readable and authoritative, The Cambridge History of Warfare places in context the key events in the history of armed engagement. All aspects of war on land, sea, and in the air are covered: weapons and technology; strategy and defense; discipline and intelligence; mercenaries and standing armies; cavalry and infantry; chivalry and Blitzkrieg; guerilla assault and nuclear arsenals. This volume, first published as The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare, includes maps and an updated bibliography.
Author : Desmond Seward
Publisher : Constable
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 20,15 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN :
"From 1337 to 1453 England repeatedly invaded France on the pretext that her kings had a right to the French throne. Though it was a small, poor country, England for most of those "hundred years" won the battles, sacked the towns and castles, and dominated the war. The protagonists of the Hundred Years War are among the most colorful in European history: Edward III, the Black Prince; Henry V, who was later immortalized by Shakespeare; the splendid but inept John II, who died a prisoner in London; Charles V, who very nearly overcame England; and the enigmatic Charles VII, who at last drove the English out. Desmond Seward's critically-acclaimed account of the Hundred Years War brings to life all of the intrigue, beauty, and royal to-the-death-fighting of that legendary century-long conflict."--Amazon.com (1999 ed.).
Author : Hans Delbr_ck
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 41,66 MB
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803265868
Translation of: Geschichte der Kriegskunst im Rahmen der politischen Geschichte.
Author : Christon I. Archer
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 20,91 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780803244238
This book provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive coverage of warfare across times and cultures. Its main strengths are its ability to provide context for each period discussed, comparison between developments in Europe, Asia, and the colonized world, and critical and up-to-date bibliographies that allow the reader to pursue subjects in greater depth. - Jacket flap.
Author : Richard English
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 10,37 MB
Release : 2013-07-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0199607893
Warfare is one of the most dangerous threat faced by modern humanity. It is also one of the key influences that has shaped the politics, economics, and culture of the modern world. This book explores the assumptions we make about modern warfare and considers what we can learn from the historical reality.