A global history of war : from Assyria to the twenty-first century /

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While many books examine specific wars, few study the history of war worldwide and from an evolutionary perspective. A Global History of War is one of the first works to focus not on the impact of war on civilizations, but rather on how civilizations impact the art and execution of war. World-renown...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chaliand, Gérard, 1934- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Mangin-Woods, Michele, 1942- (Traductor), Woods, David, 1947- (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2014]
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2015.
Edición:[Enhanced Credo edition].
Temas:
Strategy > History.
War > History.
War and civilization.
Stratégie > Histoire.
Guerre > Histoire.
Guerre et civilisation.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > World.
Strategy
War
War and civilization
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Overview: war and history
  • The first military empire: the Assyrians
  • The great strategy of the Byzantine Empire
  • The Arabs
  • The nomads of the Eurasian steppes
  • The Seljuks, Mameluks, and the Crusades
  • The Mongol Empire
  • Tamerlane
  • The Ottomans
  • Safavid Iran
  • The Ming and Chinese politico-military traditions
  • The Manchu and the end of the nomads
  • The Mughals and Islam in India
  • Russia and the end of the Tatars
  • The ascent of Europe
  • The time of revolutions
  • Guerilla warfare
  • From total war to asymmetrical conflict
  • Conclusion.

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