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Zusatztext 'This volume bursts with stunning insights...' Informationen zum Autor Charles Townshend is Professor of International History at Keele University and the author of numerous books on warfare, including: Making the Peace: Public Order and Public Security in Modern Britain (1993) and Ireland: the Twentieth Century (1999). Klappentext How has war shaped modern society and vice versa? How has it changed over the centuries between the introduction of firearms and the invention of the atom bomb? How is war waged today? This updated edition of the classic Oxford History of Modern War brings the story into the twenty-first century, addressing the dilemma of military strategy in confronting international terrorism. Zusammenfassung How has war shaped modern society and vice versa? How has it changed over the centuries between the introduction of firearms and the invention of the atom bomb? How is war waged today? This updated edition of the classic Oxford History of Modern War brings the story into the twenty-first century, addressing the dilemma of military strategy in confronting international terrorism. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I: THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN WAR ; 1. Introduction: The Shape of Modern War ; 2. The Military Revolution I: The Transition to Modern Warfare ; 3. The Military Revolution II: Eighteenth Century Warfare ; 4. The Nation in Arms I: The French Wars ; 5. The Nation in Arms II: The Nineteenth Century ; 6. Imperial Wars: From the Seven Years War to the First World War ; 7. Total War I: The Great War ; 8. Total War II: The Second World War ; 9. Cold War ; 10. People's War ; PART II: ELEMENTS OF MODERN WAR ; 11. Technology and War I: to 1945 ; 12. Battle: The Experience of Modern Combat ; 13. Sea Warfare ; 14. Air Warfare ; 15. War and the People: The Social Impact of Total War ; 16. Women and War ; 17. Against War ; 18. Technology and War II: From Nuclear Stalemate to Terrorism
