Introduction to global military history: 1775 to the present day
Black, Jeremy2013
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Total copies: 150
This lucid account of military developments around the modern world begins with the American War of Independence and the French revolutionary wars and continues chronologically to the latest 21st century conflicts. It combines determinedly global coverage with thought-provoking analysis not only of the military aspects of conflict but also its social, cultural, political and economic dimensions and consequences. By placing familiar events alongside the largely unknown, the reader is forced to reassess the standard grand narrative of military history that rests on assumption.
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Imprint:
New York : Routledge, 2013
Collation:
xvii, 318 p. : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
1 The World of War in the Late Eighteenth Century; Introduction; The American War of Independence, 1775-83; Before the French Revolution; The French Revolutionary Wars, 1792-9; The rise of Napoleon; Asian conflicts; Naval power; Conclusions; 2 Empires Rise and Fall, 1800-30; Introduction; The rise of Britain; War in the Americas; Napoleon; Europe after Napoleon; Developments elsewhere; Conclusions; 3 Moulding States, 1830-80; Introduction. The aims of conflictThe impact of technology; The Taiping rebellion, 1851-66; The American Civil War, 1861-5; The Wars of German Unification; Latin America; Conclusions; 4 Building Empires, 1830-1913; Introduction; European imperialism; American expansion; Non-Western states; China and Japan; Naval power; Conclusions; 5 World War One, 1914-18; Introduction; Background; Opening campaign; Conflict within Europe; Warfare outside Europe; Closing campaign; Conclusions; 6 Between Two World Wars; Introduction; Post-war conflict; Civil war in China; Elsewhere in the Third World. The British Empire in the 1930sThe USA; Naval developments; Air power; The Spanish Civil War; German rearmament; Conclusions; 7 World War Two, 1939-45; Introduction; Opening campaigns; Soviet Union attacked; War in the Pacific; Axis attacks held, 1942; The battle of the Atlantic, 1939-45; Beating Germany, 1943-4; D-Day; Defeating Germany, 1944-5; Defeating Japan, 1943-5; War and society; Why the Axis lost; Conclusions; 8 Wars of Decolonization, 1945-94; Introduction; The late 1940s; The Malayan Emergency; France in Indo-China; France in Algeria; Britain and decolonization. Portugal and decolonizationElsewhere in Africa; Conclusions; 9 The Cold War, 1945-90; Introduction; The Chinese Civil War, 1946-9; The Korean War, 1950-3; The Vietnam War; Confrontation in Europe; Planning for Armageddon; Rockets; The Afghan War; The last stages of the Cold War; Conclusions; 10 Wars between Non-Western Powers, 1945-90; Introduction; Border wars; Intervention wars; South Asia; The Middle East; Arab-Israeli wars; Latin America; Rebellions; Coups; Force and the state; Conclusions; 11 War in the 1990s; Introduction; The Gulf War, 1990-1; American operations; Somalia and Haiti. ChechnyaThe former Soviet Union; The former Yugoslavia; Third World conflict; Conclusions; 12 War in the 2000s and 2010s; Introduction; The war on terrorism; The revolution in military affairs; Attempted revolutions in military affairs; War in Iraq; War in Afghanistan; Africa; The Third World; War and disorder; Conclusions; 13 Conclusions; Introduction; Technology; The West versus the rest; Fitness for purpose; Cultural interpretations; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.
ISBN:
9780415629201
Language:
English
BRN:
130282