Warfare

Name: Warfare
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ISBN: 9780521738064

ISBN-10: 0521738067

ISBN-13: 9780521738064

Edition: 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Geoffrey Parker, Geoffrey Parker

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Now available in a revised and updated version, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare provides a unique account of Western warfare from antiquity to the present day. The book treats the history of all aspects of the subject: the development of warfare on land, sea and air; weapons and technology; strategy and defense; discipline and intelligence; mercenaries and standing armies; cavalry and infantry; chivalry and Blitzkrieg; guerilla assault and nuclear arsenals. It places in context particular key events in the history of armed engagement, from the Greek victory at Marathon, through the introduction of gunpowder in medieval England and France, to the jungle warfare of Vietnam and…

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/29/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 7.99" wide x 9.92" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 3.498

Geoffrey Parker is the author or editor of more than twenty-five books. He is Andreas Dorpelan Professor of History at Ohio State University.



Introduction: the Western way of war




The Age of Massed Infantry



Genesis of infantry 600-350 BC




From phalanx to legion 350-250 BC




The Roman way of war 250 BC-AD 300




The Age of Stone Fortifications



On Roman ramparts 300-1300




New weapons, new tactics 1300-1500




The gunpowder revolution 1300-1500




The Age of Guns and Sails



Ships of the line 1500-1650




Conquest of the Americas 1500-1650




Dynastic war 1494-1660




States in conflict 1661-1763




Nations in arms 1763-1815




The Age of Mechanized Warfare



The industrialization of war 1815-1871




Towards world war 1871-1914




The West at war 1914-18




The world in conflict 1919-41




The world at war 1941-45




The post-war world



Epilogue: the future of Western warfare