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Western warfare, 1775-1882 /
This is a wide-ranging and comprehensive survey of warfare from the outbreak of the American War of Independence to the British conquest of Egypt. Drawing on both primary and secondary sources the book offers an unrivalled account of civil and international conflicts involving Western powers, integr...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chesham [England] :
Acumen,
2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This is a wide-ranging and comprehensive survey of warfare from the outbreak of the American War of Independence to the British conquest of Egypt. Drawing on both primary and secondary sources the book offers an unrivalled account of civil and international conflicts involving Western powers, integrating both naval and land warfare. The book covers military capability as well as conflict, social and political contexts as well as weaponry, tactics and strategy. As well as examining such major conflicts as the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the American Civil War and the Wars of German Unification, the book redresses the imbalance of previous treatments by examining other important conflicts, for example, those in Latin America, as well as insurgency and counter-insurgency in Europe. The book's global perspective provides for a more reliable assessment of what constitutes military capability. In so doing, the author challenges the technological determinism and linear conceptions of developments in military science that continue to characterise much of military history. Instead the author reveals a much more complex dynamic, indeed going so far as to question the idea of "modernity" itself. Bold in scope, and cutting-edge in its interpretations, the book offers much for the student, general reader and professional historian alike |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 210 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781844653287 1844653285 9781317489924 1317489926 1282921339 9781282921337 1315710765 9781315710761 |