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The Cambridge History of War: Volume 4, War and the Modern World
Edited By Roger Chic
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Description for The Cambridge History of War: Volume 4, War and the Modern World
hardcover. A comprehensive and authoritative new account of every aspect of warfare in the most destructive period in human history. Editor(s): Chickering, Roger; Showalter, Dennis; Van de Ven, Hans J. Series: Cambridge History of War. Num Pages: 668 pages, 39 b/w illus. 19 maps. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; JWL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1190. Series: Cambridge History of War. 668 pages, 39 b/w illus. 19 maps. Editor(s): Chickering, Roger; Showalter, Dennis; Van De Ven, Hans J. A comprehensive and authoritative new account of every aspect of warfare in the most destructive period in human history. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; JWL. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 35. Weight: 1198.
Volume IV of The Cambridge History of War offers a definitive new account of war in the most destructive period in human history. Opening with the massive conflicts that erupted in the mid nineteenth century in the US, Asia and Europe, leading historians trace the global evolution of warfare through 'the age of mass', 'the age of machine' and 'the age of management'. They explore how industrialization and nationalism fostered vast armies whilst the emergence of mobile warfare and improved communications systems made possible the 'total warfare' of the two World Wars. With military conflict regionalized after 1945 they show ... Read more
Volume IV of The Cambridge History of War offers a definitive new account of war in the most destructive period in human history. Opening with the massive conflicts that erupted in the mid nineteenth century in the US, Asia and Europe, leading historians trace the global evolution of warfare through 'the age of mass', 'the age of machine' and 'the age of management'. They explore how industrialization and nationalism fostered vast armies whilst the emergence of mobile warfare and improved communications systems made possible the 'total warfare' of the two World Wars. With military conflict regionalized after 1945 they show ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
668
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge History of War
Number of Pages
668
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521875776
SKU
V9780521875776
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About Edited By Roger Chic
Roger Chickering is Professor Emeritus of History at Georgetown University, Washington DC. He has published widely on German and European history, particularly on war and German society. Dennis Showalter is Professor of History at Colorado College, where he specializes in comparative military history. Hans van de Ven is Professor of Modern Chinese History at Cambridge University. He has written extensively ... Read more
Reviews for The Cambridge History of War: Volume 4, War and the Modern World
'This final volume of The Cambridge History of War poses perhaps a greater challenge to its editors than any of its predecessors, but they have met it with total success. The years it covers, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, have seen the greatest transformation in society in the history of mankind, and war has been transformed with ... Read more