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War : a short history /

In this concise history of war, Jeremy Black ranges widely, giving due attention to non-western as well as western traditions. The history of war is inextricably bound to the history of the world. Through a detailed exploration of 'world-scale' issues of warfare, presented within a chronol...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Black, Jeremy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury, [2009]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Until the 'Barbarian' Invasions; 2 From the Creation of the Islamic World to the Start of European Transoceanic Expansion, 630-1490; 3 The Gunpowder Empires of the Early-Modern World, 1490-1630; 4 From the Mid-Seventeenth Century Crisis to the Age of Revolutions, 1630-1800; 5 The World of the European Empires, 1800-1950; 6 To the Present, 1950-; 7 Conclusions: Assessing War; Selected Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.