European Military History Books

1-10 of 11 results in Subjects › Social Sciences › Military & Strategic Studies › Military Studies › European Military History

1. Britain's War Plans 1919–1939

   By Steven T. Ross

   At the end of World War I the British Empire reached its largest extent in terms of territory and population. The government was reluctant to devote large resources to defense and to contemplate sending large forces to Europe in case of a new war. British forces were constantly involved...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-35849-1 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. Helmuth Von Moltke: A Modern Biography

   By Arden Bucholz

   This detailed and comprehensive book offers the first modern biography of Helmuth Von Moltke, a major progenitor of the processes modern great powers use to engage in large-scale warfare. Drawing upon the author’s own previously published works, Moltke, Schlieffen and Prussian War Planning and...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-70200-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. Britain and World War I

   By Alan G.V. Simmonds

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-45539-8 | Paperback (Routledge)

4. Technology and the Mid-Victorian Royal Navy: Ironclads and Naval Innovation

   By Howard J. Fuller

   A revealing new examination of Palmerstonian diplomacy during the pivotal decade of the 1860s, the evolution of the modern capital ship and the real nature of ‘empire’, ‘technology’ and ‘seapower’. In contrast to the standard image of the mid-Victorian Royal navy as all-powerful, Howard Fuller...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-37004-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. The Seven Years War: A Transatlantic History

   By Matt Schumann, Karl W. Schweizer

   This is the first comprehensive one-volume overview of the diplomatic, military and maritime history of the causes and conduct of the Seven Years’ War and its American manifestation, the French and Indian War (1753-63). The Seven Years’ War was the first global conflict in history and a precursor...

   June 2010 | 978-0-415-39417-8 | Paperback (Routledge)

6. Military Advising and Assistance: From Mercenaries to Privatization, 1815–2007

   Edited by Donald Stoker

   This volume presents a number of case studies of military advisors and missions in order to provide clear historical examples of the evolution, functioning and motives of foreign military advising in the modern era. Containing essays by US contributors covering a wide range of countries and...

   January 2010 | 978-0-415-58298-8 | Paperback (Routledge)

7. Modernity, the Media and the Military: The Creation of National Mythologies on the Western Front 1914-1918

   By John F. Williams

   This new volume explores the history of an important, but neglected sector of the Western Front between 1914 and 1918 in the context of its portrayal in the media. The analysis sheds new light on of the role of the mass media in generating national mythologies. The book focuses on the largely...

   2008 | 978-0-415-37505-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. Conscription in the Napoleonic Era: A Revolution in Military Affairs?

   Edited by Donald Stoker, Frederick C. Schneid, Harold D. Blanton

   This edited volume explores conscription in the Napoleonic era, tracing the roots of European conscription and exploring the many methods that states used to obtain the manpower they needed to prosecute their wars. The levée-en-masse of the French Revolution has often been cited as a ‘Revolution...

   2008 | 978-0-415-34999-4 | Hardback (Routledge)

9. Citizens, Soldiers and National Armies: Military Service in France and Germany, 1789–1830

   By Thomas Hippler

   This book examines the creation of ‘national armies’ through compulsory military service in France and Prussia during the French Revolution and the Prussian Reform Period. The French Revolution tried to establish military and political structures in which the armed forces and society would merge....

   2007 | 978-0-415-40979-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. German Disarmament After World War I: The Diplomacy of International Arms Inspection 1920-1931

    By Richard J. Shuster

    German Disarmament After World War I examines the Allied disarmament of Germany and the challenges that such an enormous task presented to international efforts in enforcing the Treaty of Versailles. In the twenty-first century, disarmament remains a critical issue for the International community....

    2006 | 978-0-415-35808-8 | Hardback (Routledge)