Reader's Companion to Military History

Name: Reader's Companion to Military History
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ISBN: 9780618127429

ISBN-10: 0618127429

ISBN-13: 9780618127429

Edition: 2001

Authors: Robert Cowley, Geoffrey Parker

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THE READER'S COMPANION TO MILITARY HISTORY is the first major reference work on military history to represent a global perspective. More than 150 distinguished military historians, biographers, and journalists contributed nearly 600 articles to this remarkable chronicle of warfare that combines compelling historical narrative with the latest in contemporary scholarship. Here is essential information on major events and battles, commanders, weaponry and technology, and strategy and tactics. Other topics include courage, discipline, the effects of weather on warfare, military justice, the role of propaganda, the evolution of uniforms, psychological warfare, and morale. Filled with surprising…

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 7/10/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English

Robert Cowley is the cofounder & editor of "MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History" & the editor of the anthology "Experience of War".

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



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