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War Studies Reader: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day and Beyond (PDF eBook)


War Studies Reader: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day and Beyond (PDF eBook)

eBook by Sheffield, Gary

War Studies Reader: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day and Beyond (PDF eBook)

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ISBN:
9780826415516
Publication Date:
01 Jul 2010
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Imprint:
Continuum
Pages:
360 pages
Format:
eBook
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War Studies Reader: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day and Beyond (PDF eBook)

Description

This reader provides authoritative and thought-provoking pieces of War Studies scholarship in an accessible form. Covering a wide spectrum of topics, including strategy (Colin S. Gray), 'Shell-Shock and the Cultural History of the Great War' (Jay Winter) and Coalition Warfare (Holger H. Herwig), this book purposefully ranges across military history, international relations and contemporary security to capture the multidisciplinary nature of the subject. Gary Sheffield also provides an introduction to the Reader and to War Studies, explaining the growth and development of this dynamic field of study.

Contents

1. What are War Studies?; 2. Strategy and Strategic Thinkers; 3. Total and Limited War; 4. Development of Operational Art; 5. The Realities of War; 6. War, Society and Politics; 7. Revolutions in Military Affairs; 8. Coalition Warfare; 9. The Future of Warfare.

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