War Studies Reader : From the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day and Beyond.
ThisÈreader will provide authoritative and thought-provoking pieces of War Studies scholarship in an accessible form. Coveringä wide spectrum of topics, including strategy (Colin S. Gray), 'Shell-Shock and the Cultural History of the Great War' (Jay Winter) and Coalition Warfare (Holger H....
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Continuum International Pub. Group,
2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Editor's Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Why Study Military History?; 2 Why Strategy is Difficult; 3 General William T. Sherman and Total War; 4 Disjointed Allies: Coalition Warfare in Berlin and Vienna, 1914; 5 "Freies Deutschland" Guerrilla Warfare in East Prussia, 19441945: A Contribution to the History of the German Resistance; 6 Revolutions in Warfare: Theoretical Paradigms and Historical Evidence The Napoleonic and First World War Revolutions in Military Affairs; 7 Atrocity, War Crime, and Treason in the English Civil War.
- 8 Shell-shock and the Cultural History of the Great War9 War Casualties, Policy Positions, and the Fate of Legislators; 10 Chinese Military Power: What Vexes the United States and Why?