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The Cambridge illustrated history of warfare : the triumph of the West

-- Warfare

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From the Publisher: The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare provides a unique account of Western warfare from antiquity to the present, The book treats all aspects of the subject from the Greeks to the nuclear age: the development of warfare on land, sea and air; weapons and technology; strategy and defense; discipline and intelligence. Throughout, there is an emphasis on the socio-economic aspects of war: who pays for it, how can its returns be measured, and to what extent does it explain the rise of the West to global dominance over tow millennia?

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Title

The Cambridge illustrated history of warfare : the triumph of the West -- Warfare

Call No

U27

Edition

Rev. and updated.

Authors

Parker, Geoffrey, 1943-

Subjects

Military art and science--History.
War and society.
War--Economic aspects.
Civilization, Western.

Language

English

Published

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Publication Desc

vi, 440 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;

ISBN

0521738067

LCCN

2008301356

Series

Cambridge illustrated histories

Target Audience

Unknown or not specified

Dimensions

26 cm.

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From the Publisher: The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare provides a unique account of Western warfare from antiquity to the present, The book treats all aspects of the subject from the Greeks to the nuclear age: the development of warfare on land, sea and air; weapons and technology; strategy and defense; discipline and intelligence. Throughout, there is an emphasis on the socio-economic aspects of war: who pays for it, how can its returns be measured, and to what extent does it explain the rise of the West to global dominance over tow millennia?

General Note

First published: 1995.

Content Note

Introduction : the western way of war / Geoffrey Parker -- pt. 1. The age of massed infantry : Genesis of the infantry 600-350 BC / Victor Davis Hanson -- From phalanx to legion 350-250 BC / Victor Davis Hanson -- The Roman way of war 250 BC-AD 300 / Victor Davis Hanson -- pt. 2. The age of stone fortifications : On Roman ramparts 300-1300 / Bernard S. Bachrach -- New weapons, new tactics 1300-1500 / Christopher Allmand -- The gunpowder revolution 1300-1500 / Geoffrey Parker -- pt. 3. The age of guns and sails: Ships of the line 1500-1650 / Geoffrey Parker -- Conquest of the Americas 1500-1650 / Patricia Seed -- Dynastic war 1494-1660 / Geoffrey Parker -- States in conflict 1661-1763 / John A. Lynn -- Nations in arms 1763-1815 / John A. Lynn -- pt. 4. The age of mechanized warfare : The industrialization of war 1815-71 / Williamson A. Murray -- Towards world war 1871-1914 / Williamson A. Murray -- The west at war 1914-18 / Williamson A. Murray -- The world in conflict 1919-41 / Williamson A. Murray -- The world at war 1941-45 / Williamson A. Murray -- The post-war world 1945-2007 / Williamson A. Murray and Geoffrey Parker -- Epilogue : the future of western warfare / Geoffrey Parker.