Military Strategy and the Origins of the First World War - An International Security Reader - Revised and Expanded Edition

This revised and expanded edition includes nine essays from the journal 'International Security' that analyze the outbreak of the First World War. They consider how offensive military strategies helped to trigger the Great War, whether the war was inadvertent or not, and the lasting effects of the conflict.

Info autore

Edited by Steven E. Miller, Sean M. Lynn-Jones & Stephen Van Evera

Riassunto

These five essays from the prestigious journal International Security analyze the outbreak of the First World War from the standpoint of power politics and military strategy. "The disaster of 1914 continues to haunt the contemporary security debate," writes Steven E. Miller in his introduction. "In the nuclear age, the images that remain from the s

Testo aggiuntivo

"Editor Steven E. Miller has assembled essays by five scholars, each of whom has written an excellent study of the major facets of military strategy in the years before 1914 from the perspective of the nuclear age."

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Steven E. Miller, Steven E. Lynn-Jones Miller
• Con la collaborazione di: Stephen van Evera (Editore), Francois M. M. Lynn-Jones (Editore), Sean M Lynn-Jones (Editore), Sean M. Lynn-Jones (Editore), Lynn-Jones Sean M. (Editore), Steven E Miller (Editore), Steven E. Miller (Editore), Miller Steven E. (Editore), Stephen Morgan (Editore), Steven E. Tilman (Editore), Stephen Van Evera (Editore), Van Evera Stephen (Editore)
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.09.1991
• EAN: 9780691023496
• ISBN: 978-0-691-02349-6
• Pagine: 328
• Serie: International Security Readers; International Security Readers
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; European History, First World War, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / World, General & world history, General and world history, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I