War : past, present, and future / Jeremy Black.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Black, Jeremy, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military history, Modern--18th century.

Military history, Modern.

Military history, Modern--19th century.

Military history, Modern--20th century.

Military art and science--Forecasting.

Military art and science.

Physical Description:

ix, 310 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

War: Past, Present and Future places war in a global context, from the evolution of specialized troops in the earliest nomadic civilizations to future scenarios for war in the space age. Traditionally, historians have treated war as a specific outcome of particular societies. However, focusing on the politics of war, Jeremy Black argues that as the scope of warfare increased in the technological age, the military sought a larger role in policy-making. This has led to the development of a military-political approach to assessing and predicting international conflict -- although this method of strategic analysis has failed to predict any significant conflict.

War: Past, Present and Future questions the most accepted theories of military history and is a provocative analysis of war in human society.

Contents:

2 The Development of Military Organizations to 1850 28

3 The Development of Military Organizations 1850-2000 62

4 The Question of Technology: The Early-Modern Example 90

5 European Overseas Expansion and the Military Revolution 1450-1815 104

6 Politics, REsources and Conflict: Civil Wars, British and American 1639-1865 143

7 Struggles in the Western 'Core': Counterfactual Scenarios 1688-1815 164

8 Technology and Western Dominance 1815-1980 193

9 Conflict Today 237

10 War in the Future 272.

Notes:

Originally published: Stroud : Sutton, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0312238231

OCLC:

44167609