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Routledge
288 Pages
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Routledge
288 Pages
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Routledge
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Conflict is central to human history. It is often the cause, course and consequence of social, cultural and political change. Military history therefore has to be more than a technical analysis of armed conflict. War in the Modern World since 1815 addresses war as a cultural phenomenon, discusses its meaning in different socities and explores the various contexts of military action.
Chapter 1 Introduction, Jeremy Black; Chapter 2 Military Mobilization in China, 1840–1949, Hans van de Ven; Chapter 3 South Asia, Douglas Peers; Chapter 4 The Imperial Japanese Army (1868–1945): Origins, Evolution, Legacy, Edward Drea; Chapter 5 The United States Military, 1815–2000, Spencer Tucker; Chapter 6 War in Modern Latin America, Miguel Angel Centeno; Chapter 7 Sub-Saharan African Warfare, John Lamphear; Chapter 8 European Warfare 1815–2000, Peter H. Wilson; Chapter 9 Naval Power and Warfare 1815–2000, Jan Glete; Chapter 10 Air Power and the Modern World, John Buckley;
Biography
Bronislaw Malinowski
