Title & Author:

The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare : the Triumph of the West / edited by Geoffrey Parker.

Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, [1995]
©1995

Description:

vi, 408 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 26 cm.

Series:

Cambridge illustrated history

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-397) and index.
Genesis of the infantry 600-350 BC / Victor Davis Hanson -- From phalanx to legion 350-250 BC / Victor Davis Hanson -- The Roman way of war 250 BC-AD 300 / Victor Davis Hanson -- On Roman ramparts 300-1300 / Bernard S. Bachrach -- New weapons, new tactics 1300-1500 / Christopher Allmand -- The gunpowder revolution 1300-1500 / Geoffrey Parker -- Ships of the line 1500-1650 / Geoffrey Parker -- Conquest of the Americas 1500-1650 / Patricia Seed -- Dynastic war 1494-1660 / Geoffrey Parker -- States in conflict 1661-1763 / John A. Lynn -- Nations in arms 1763-1815 / John A. Lynn -- The industrialization of war 1815-71 / Williamson A. Murray -- Towards world war 1871-1914 / Williamson A. Murray -- The West at war 1914-18 / Williamson A. Murray -- The world in conflict 1919-41 / Williamson A. Murray -- The world at war 1941-45 / Williamson A. Murray -- The post-war world 1945-95 / Williamson A. Murray -- Epilogue : the future of Western warfare / Geoffrey Parker.

Summary:

The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare provides a unique account of Western warfare from antiquity to the present, The book treats all aspects of the subject from the Greeks to the nuclear age: the development of warfare on land, sea and air; weapons and technology; strategy and defense; discipline and intelligence. Throughout, there is an emphasis on the socio-economic aspects of war: who pays for it, how can its returns be measured, and to what extent does it explain the rise of the West to global dominance over tow millennia? ON THE US ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF'S PROFESSIONAL READING LIST.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0521440734 (hardcover)
9780521440738 (hardcover)
0521794315 (paperback)
9780521794312 (paperback)

Subject:

Krieg
Military art and science History.
War and society.
War Economic aspects.
Civilization, Western.
Warfare Economic aspects.
Art et science militaires Histoire.
Guerre et société.
Guerre Aspect économique.
Civilisation occidentale.
Military art and science.
Oorlogvoering.
Maatschappij.
Military history.
Military forces History

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Parker, Geoffrey, 1943-
Cambridge illustrated history.

Warfare

Holdings:

Location: Library main 87556
Call No.: ID U27.C26; ID:95-B4244
Status: Available