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2004 (Reprint)
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| Publication |
Great Britain, Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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| Description |
vi, 202pDark Blue Spine
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| Series |
Cambridge Perspectives in History
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| Summary/Abstract |
This book provides a detailed survey of the changing complexities of modern warfare - with particular emphasis on land warfare. Peter Browning examines how and why warfare changed between 1792 and 1945. Traces the development from the 'impulse' warfare of Napoleon, via the political wars of the mid 19th century and the trench warfare of 1914-18, to Blitzkrieg in 1939-45.
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| Contents |
Introduction
Limited warfare: wars in the mid eighteenth century
Impulse warfare: wars in the age of Napoleon
Political warfare: wars in the mid nineteenth century
Position warfare: the First World War
Armoured warfare: the Second World War
Land warfare, 1792-1945
Appendix Paying for war: choices and consequences
Further reading and viewing
Glossary of key terms
Chronology of key technical innovations, 1784-1914
Index
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| Standard Number |
0521000467 Pb.
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