Escaping the deadly embrace : how encirclement causes major wars / Andrea Bartoletti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartoletti, Andrea, 1988- author.

Series:

Cornell Studies in Security Affairs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Envelopment (Military science).

War--Causes.

War.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Encirclement, Andrea Bartoletti argues, is an essential strategic possibility of the international system and a key trigger of major war.Using historical case studies, Escaping the Deadly Embrace examines how great powers try to escape the two-front war problem and seek to preserve their security.

Contents:

Escaping the Deadly Embrace

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. A Theory of Encirclement and Major War

2. France and the Italian Wars

3. France and the Thirty Years' War

4. Germany and World War I

5. The Origins of Modern Major Wars

6. The Future of Major War

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Bartoletti, Andrea Escaping the Deadly Embrace

ISBN:

9781501765933

OCLC:

1298714873