The Cambridge History of Warfare

Herausgeber: Parker, Geoffrey

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 606
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 39mm
• Gewicht: 977g
• ISBN-13: 9781107181595
• ISBN-10: 1107181593
• Artikelnr.: 59322256

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction. The Western way of war Geoffrey Parker
Part I. The Age of Massed Infantry: 1. Genesis of the infantry, 600-350 BC Victor Davis Hanson
2. From phalanx to legion, 350-250 BC Victor Davis Hanson
3. The Roman way of war, 250 BC-AD 300 Victor Davis Hanson
Part II. The Age of Stone Fortifications: 4. On Roman ramparts, 300-1300 Bernard S. Bachrach
5. New weapons, new tactics, 1300-1500 Christopher Allmand
6. The gunpowder revolution, 1300-1500 Geoffrey Parker
Part III. The Age of Guns and Sails: 7. Ships of the line, 1500-1650 Geoffrey Parker
8. The conquest of the Americas, 1500-1650 Patricia Seed
9. Dynastic war, 1494-1660 Geoffrey Parker
10. States in conflict, 1661-1763 John A. Lynn
11. Nations in arms, 1763-1815 John A. Lynn
Part IV. The Age of Mechanized Warfare: 12. The industrialization of war, 1815-1871 Williamson A. Murray
13. Towards world war, 1871-1914 Williamson A. Murray
14. The West at war, 1914-1918 Williamson A. Murray
15. The world in conflict, 1919-1941 Williamson A. Murray
16. The world at war, 1941-1945 Williamson A. Murray
17. The post-war world, 1945-1991 Williamson A. Murray
18. The new world disorder, 1991-2019 Peter Mansoor and Geoffrey Parker
Epilogue. The future of Western warfare Geoffrey Parker and Leif Torkelsen
Reference guide
Chronology
Glossary
Bibliography
The contributors
Notes
Index.