Format:
Online Ressource (PDF, 821 KB, 264 S.)
Edition:
1. Aufl.
ISBN:
074564449X
Series Statement:
WCTA - War and Conflict Through the Ages
Content:
This book provides an accessible and up-to-date account of the rich military history of the nineteenth century. It takes a fresh approach, making novel links with conflict and coercion, and moving away from teleological emphases. Naval developments and warfare are included, as are social and cultural dimensions of military activity.Leading military historian Jeremy Black offers the reader a twenty-first century approach to this period, particularly through his focus on the dynamic drive provided by different forms of military goals, or 'tasking'. This allows echoes with modern warfare to come to the fore and provides a fuller understanding of a period sometimes considered solely as background to the total war of 1914-45. Alongside state-to-state warfare and the move toward 'total war', Black's emphasis on different military goals gives due weight to trans-oceanic conflict at the expense of non-Europeans. Irregular, internal and asymmetric war are all considered, ranging from local insurgencies to imperial expeditions, and provide a deliberate shift from Western-centricity.At the very cutting edge of its field, this book is a must read for all students and scholars of military history and its related disciplines. Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter.
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Description based upon print version of record
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Contents; Preface; 1: Introduction: Framing the Problems; 2: Napoleonic Background; 3: 1815-1849; 4: The 1850s; 5: Naval Power and Warfare; 6: Outside Europe, 1815-1860; 7: 1860-1871; 8: 1872-1902; 9: The Victory of the West, 1860-1913; 10: Towards the First World War, 1903-1914; 11: War and Society; 12: Conclusions; Notes; Further Reading; Index
Additional Edition:
0745655262
Additional Edition:
9780745655260
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe War in the Nineteenth Century : 1800-1914
Language:
English
Keywords:
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