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Making makers : the past, the present, and the study of war / Michael P.M. Finch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Finch, Michael P. M. (Michael Paul Maxwell), 1982- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Earle, Edward Mead, 1894-1954. Makers of modern strategy.
- Earle, Edward Mead.
- Ropp, Theodore, 1911-2000.
- Ropp, Theodore.
- Paret, Peter.
- Military historians--History--20th century.
- Military historians.
- Military art and science--History--20th century.
- Military art and science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- 'Making Makers' presents a comprehensive history of a seminal work of scholarship in war and strategy: Makers of Modern Strategy, a volume which was made and re-made across the twentieth century. Here we learn the stories of the scholars who were central to these efforts, building a nuanced appraisal of the development of scholarship on war.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Making Makers: The Past, the Present, and the Study of War
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Introduction: The Making and Remaking of Makers
- 1: War Now Thrusts Itself upon Us All: War, History, and the Context of Makers
- A New Military History for the Twentieth Century
- The Pioneer
- 'With Special Reference to the Conditions of Modern War'
- Naval History in the Service of the Nation
- Frustrations of the First World War
- Post-War Opportunities
- Conclusion
- 2: Making Makers: Edward Mead Earle, the Institute for Advanced Study, and the Second World War
- An Oddity in the School of Economics
- Earle against the Torrent
- The Seminar and the Book
- Making Makers
- Succeeding, Revising, Failing
- Conclusion
- 3: Revisiting Makers : Theodore Ropp and the Afterlife of the Book
- Cold Warriors and Scholars
- Theodore Ropp: Making a Military Historian
- Military History and Makers
- Operation Military History Singapore
- After Singapore
- 4: Remaking Makers : Peter Paret and the Genesis of a New Edition
- Peter Paret and the Limits of Military History
- The Origins of a New Makers
- Sticking Points
- Scoping the Project
- Remaking Makers
- Gordon Craig and the Urgency of the Present
- Final Hurdles
- 5: Scholarship from the Arsenal of Democracy: The Reception of Paret's Makers and the Legacy of the Book
- The Reception of Paret's Makers
- Makers in the Shadow of Its Predecessor
- Making Modern Strategy?
- Curating the Canon
- Makers and the Ancients
- Conclusion: Historians of War and the Lineage of Makers
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 5, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 0-19-195925-1
- OCLC:
- 1424936695
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