The Quarterly Journal of Military History, and Parker (naval and military history, Yale) bring together the contributions of 150 journalists, historians, scholars, and biographers in more than 590 entries to this polished one-volume encyclopedia of war. Although Western-oriented and with an emphasis on 19th- and 20th-century warfare, it offers more than just a routine listing of people, places, and events in the history of war. The editors have skillfully added well-written pieces on the art and science of war, including entries on deception, strategy, discipline, espionage, logistics, geography, laws of war, origins of war, weather, and treachery. Best are the entries on the theories of land and naval warfare, especially those by Clausewitz, Corbett, and Mahan.

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