Geoffrey Wawro

Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792- 1914 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Combining original research with the latest scholarship Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792 - 1914 examines war and its aftermath from Napoleonic times to the outbreak of the First World War. Throughout, this fine book treats warfare as a social and political phenomenon no less than a military and technologial one, and includes discussions on: * The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars
* Napoleon III and the militarization of Europe
* Bismark, Molkte, and the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71
* new technologies and weapons
* seapower, imperialism and naval warfare
* the origins and outbreak of the First World War. For anyone studying, or with in interest in European warfare, this book details the evolution of land and naval warfare and highlights the swirling interplay of society, politics and military decision making.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134610990
• Artikelnr.: 42635925

Autorenporträt

Wawro, Geoffrey

Inhaltsangabe

1 Napoleon and the road to Waterloo 2 Restoration and revolution, 1815
49 3 Napoleon III and the militarization of Europe, 1848
66 4 The rise of Prussia and Italy, 1861
6 5 The Franco
Prussian War of 1870
1 6 New weapons and the 'new imperialism', 1877
1905 7 Sea power and popular navalism, 1890
1914 8 War plans and armaments: the deadly spiral, 1911
14 9 The outbreak of World War I in 1914, Bibliograph

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1 Napoleon and the road to Waterloo 2 Restoration and revolution, 1815-49 3 Napoleon III and the militarization of Europe, 1848-66 4 The rise of Prussia and Italy, 1861-6 5 The Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1 6 New weapons and the 'new imperialism', 1877-1905 7 Sea power and popular navalism, 1890-1914 8 War plans and armaments: the deadly spiral, 1911-14 9 The outbreak of World War I in 1914, Bibliograph

Rezensionen

'... the book is highly readable, thought provoking and should provide readers with a useful background on the century in which Europe prepared itself for self-destruction' - Michael Crawshaw, British Army Review, no. 131, 2003

'... stimulating, balanced and original' - Michael Crawshaw, British Army Review, no. 131, 2003

'... the book is highly readable, thought provoking and should provide readers with a useful background on the century in which Europe prepared itself for self-destruction' - Michael Crawshaw, British Army Review, no. 131, 2003

'... stimulating, balanced and original' - Michael Crawshaw, British Army Review, no. 131, 2003