European warfare, 1815-2000 / edited by Jeremy Black.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Black, Jeremy.

Series:

Problems in focus series (Palgrave (Firm))

Problems in focus series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--History, Military--19th century.

Europe.

History, Military.

Europe--History, Military--20th century.

War and society--History.

War and society.

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 247 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, [2002]

Summary:

In this up-to-date account of European warfare since 1815, important treatments of major conflicts -- especially the First and Second World Wars -- are combined with insightful analyses of military developments and of their wider political and social contexts. European imperial warfare also receives due attention. European Warfare 1815-2000 recognises war as a topic of major importance in understanding the development of the modern world, particularly Europe. The contributors, all leading experts in their fields, are open to theoretical developments in the subject, but also understand the difficulty of 'fitting' war to any abstract model. Ranging up to the present, this is an original and fascinating volume.

Contents:

Europe's way of war, 1815-1864 / Dennis Showalter

European warfare, 1864-1914 / Jeremy Black

The First World War / Spencer Tucker

The European civil war : Reds versus Whites in Russia and Spain, 1917-39 / Francisco J. Romero Salvadó

The Second World War, 1939-45 / S.P. MacKenzie

Colonial wars, 1815-1960 / Bruce Vandervort

Naval power and warfare / Lawrence Sondhaus

The transformation of war in Europe, 1945-2000 / Warren Chin.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

033378667X

0333786688

OCLC:

47296133