Perilous Glory : The Rise of Western Military Power.
Title:
Perilous Glory : The Rise of Western Military Power.
Author:
France, John.
ISBN:
9780300177442
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (467 pages)
Contents:
Title page -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- THE MANY FACES OF WAR -- MANY WORLDS OF WAR -- HORSES AND HOPLITES -- THE GLORY OF EMPIRE 336 BC - 651 AD -- IDEOLOGY AND WARFARE 500 - c.1200 -- THE STEPPE SUPREMACY, 1200- 1683 -- DISCIPLINE, c.1683 - c.1860 -- THE MILITARY REVOLUTION -- INDUSTRIAL KILLING -- CULTURE AND WARFARE IN THE AGE OF TOTAL WAR, 1919- 1945 -- A NEW AGE OF WAR -- NOTES -- FURTHER READING -- APPENDIX I: TABLES -- INDEX.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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