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Maps of war : mapping conflict through the centuries / Jeremy Black.

Van Pelt Library G1046.R1 B53 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Black, Jeremy, 1955- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Military history--Maps.
Military history.
Military maps--History.
Military maps.
History.
Genre:
Maps.
Physical Description:
224 pages : chiefly color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Place of Publication:
Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Osprey Publishing, 2018.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: The Sixteenth Century First Notions Of Military Mapping
Maps in the Classical world
Early Asian mapping
Ottoman Empire
Fifteenth-century developments
Sixteenth-century expansion
Printed maps
Firearms and fortification
Religious dimensions
The Seventeenth Century Mapping For Sieges
Maps and pictures
Maps for the French state
Fortresses and siege warfare
Swedish and Russian efforts
Increased precision
Military adaptation rather than revolution
The Eighteenth Century Professional Military Planning
New heights
Across oceans
Route maps
Strategy and planning
Public interest
North America
Knowledge and news
Means of conflict
The Nineteenth Century Mapping In An Imperial Age
Ordnance Survey
Topography
Government use
After Napoleon
Institutional framework
Regional interest
Technological advances
General Staff system
American Civil War
Nature of war
First World War Total War
Geopolitics
Trench warfare
Use of aircraft
Coordination
Wartime cartography
Information and propaganda
Second World War Global Conflict
Unprecedented scale
Three dimensions
Restrictions and the media
Engaging the American public
Modern Warfare: 1945 To The Present Day From The Second World War To The Present
Projection
Surveys and surveillance
Satellites
Local level
Modern challenges.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Conway, 2016.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472830517
1472830512
OCLC:
1064035404
Publisher Number:
99988420032

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