War : a short history

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Title:

Author:

Black, Jeremy.

ISBN:

9780826422767

Personal Author:

Black, Jeremy.

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2009.

Physical Description:

viii, 184 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

Until the 'Barbarian' invasions--From the creation of the Islamic world to the start of the European transoceanic expansion, 630-1490--The gunpowder empires of the early-modern world, 1490-1630--From the mid-seventeenth century crisis to the age of revolutions, 1630-1800--The world of the European empires, 1800-1450--To the present, 1950- --Conclusions : assessing war.

Subject Term:

Military art and science -- History.

War -- History.

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Summary

In this concise history of war, Jeremy Black ranges widely, giving due attention to non-western as well as western traditions. The history of war is inextricably bound to the history of the world. Through a detailed exploration of 'world-scale' issues of warfare, presented within a chronological framework that spans human history, Jeremy Black skilfully illustrates this fact whilst providing the reader with other astute insights and compelling interpretations of war.

War: A Short History is a dramatic move away from the formulaic, western approach to military history. Too narrow in its focus on wars specific to the west and too simple because of an over-reliance on a technologically-deterministic reading of warfare, this approach has been rejected by Jeremy Black in favour of a global model that takes all factors into account when considering the strengths and weaknesses of a particular military tradition. This is a book that is as important for its relevance to current world issues of conflict as it is for its thorough consideration of a monumentally significant aspect of human history.

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