War and the World Military Power and the Fate of Continents, 1450-2000

Name: War and the World Military Power and the Fate of Continents, 1450-2000
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ISBN: 9780300082852

ISBN-10: 0300082851

ISBN-13: 9780300082852

Edition: 2000

Authors: Jeremy Black

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Black argues that although in the 18th century the international balance of power shifted, the European mastery at sea did not inevitably translate into success on land. This study is the first attempt at writing a global history of modern warfare.

Book details

List price: $48.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 3/11/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 346
Size: 0.72" wide x 0.99" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English



Illustration Credits


Preface


Acknowledgements



Introduction



Gibbonian Strategies



Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Expansion and Warfare



The Seventeenth Century



The Pre-Revolutionary Eighteenth Century



An Age of Revolution and Imperial Reach, 1775-1815



The Nineteenth Century



Warfare and the State, 1450-1900



Twentieth-Century Reflections


Notes


Index