The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare - 2nd Revised Edition

The new edition of The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare offers an updated comprehensive account of Western warfare.

List of contents

Preface; Introduction: The Western way of war Geoffrey Parker; Part I. The Age of Massed Infantry: 1. Genesis of the infantry, 600-350 BC Victor Davis Hanson; 2. From phalanx to legion, 350-250 BC Victor Davis Hanson; 3. The Roman way of war, 250 BC-AD 300 Victor Davis Hanson; Part II. The Age of Stone Fortifications: 4. On Roman ramparts, 300-1300 Bernard S. Bachrach; 5. New weapons, new tactics, 1300-1500 Christopher Allmand; 6. The gunpowder revolution, 1300-1500 Geoffrey Parker; Part III. The Age of Guns and Sails: 7. Ships of the line, 1500-1650 Geoffrey Parker; 8. The conquest of the Americas, 1500-1650 Patricia Seed; 9. Dynastic war, 1494-1660 Geoffrey Parker; 10. States in conflict, 1661-1763 John A. Lynn; 11. Nations in arms, 1763-1815 John A. Lynn; Part IV. The Age of Mechanized Warfare: 12. The industrialization of war, 1815-1871 Williamson A. Murray; 13. Towards world war, 1871-1914 Williamson A. Murray; 14. The West at war, 1914-1918 Williamson A. Murray; 15. The world in conflict, 1919-1941 Williamson A. Murray; 16. The world at war, 1941-1945 Williamson A. Murray; 17. The post-war world, 1945-1991 Williamson A. Murray; 18. The new world disorder, 1991-2019 Peter Mansoor and Geoffrey Parker; Epilogue: The future of Western warfare Geoffrey Parker and Leif A.Torkelsen; Reference guide; Chronology; Glossary; Bibliography; The contributors; Notes; Picture acknowledgements; Index.

Summary

The new edition of The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare offers an updated comprehensive account of Western warfare, from its origins in Classical Greece and Rome, through the Middle Ages and the early modern period, down to the wars of the twenty-first century in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.

Product details

• Authors: Geoffrey Parker, Geoffrey (Ohio State University) Parker
• Assisted by: Geoffrey Parker (Editor), Geoffrey (Ohio State University) Parker (Editor), Parker Geoffrey (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781316632758
• ISBN: 978-1-316-63275-8
• No. of pages: 554
• Series: Cambridge Illustrated Histories
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Military / General, military history, Warfare & defence, Warfare and defence, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, War and defence operations, War & defence operations, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General