From Thermopylae to Belfast, elite military formations have been deployed against conventional or irregular forces. This study offers a superb analysis of elites in military history. A collection of brilliant studies by distinguished scholars, it illuminates, through a combination of overview and case study, a historical subject that has profound implications for the development of specialized forces in the post-Cold War Era. The study uses a comparative approach which investigates the topic over time and across culture.
From Thermopylae to Belfast, elite military formations have been deployed against conventional or irregular forces. This study offers a superb analysis of elites in military history. A collection of brilliant studies by distinguished scholars, it illuminates, through a combination of overview and case study, a historical subject that has profound implications for the development of specialized forces in the post-Cold War Era. The study uses a comparative approach which investigates the topic over time and across culture.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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Autorenporträt
A. HAMISH ION is Professor of History at the Royal Military College of Canada. He is a specialist in modern Japanese history. His most recent monograph is The Cross and the Rising Sun: The British Protestant Missionary Movement in Japan, Korea and Taiwan, 1865-1945 (1993). He has recently edited with B.J.C. McKercher, Military Heretics: The Unorthodox in Policy and Strategy (Praeger, 1994). KEITH NEILSON is Professor of History and Head of the History Department at the Royal Military College of Canada. He has written Strategy and Supply: Anglo-Russian Relations 1914-1917. He is the editor with B.J.C. McKercher of Go Spy the Land: Military Intelligence in History (Praeger, 1992). Neilson has published a wide range of articles on British diplomatic and military history.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Elites in Military History by Martin Kitchen Elite Forces in the Ancient World by Arther Ferrill Daimyo in the Sengoku Period, 1467-1590 by Shuzo Uyenaka The Royalist Armies in the English Civil War, 1642-1646 by Ian Roy Prussian Guards in the 18th Century by Hans W. Koch The French Foreign Legion: The Mystique of Elitism by Douglas Porch German Army Elites in World Wars I and II by Dennis E. Showalter Bibliography Index
Introduction Elites in Military History by Martin Kitchen Elite Forces in the Ancient World by Arther Ferrill Daimyo in the Sengoku Period, 1467-1590 by Shuzo Uyenaka The Royalist Armies in the English Civil War, 1642-1646 by Ian Roy Prussian Guards in the 18th Century by Hans W. Koch The French Foreign Legion: The Mystique of Elitism by Douglas Porch German Army Elites in World Wars I and II by Dennis E. Showalter Bibliography Index
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