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Contents: Introduction -- A literature built on weak foundations -- The modern system -- The modern system, preponderance, and changing technology -- Operation Michael-the second battle of the Somme : March 21-April 9, 1918 -- Operation Goodwoo[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-81-7049-230-6 Article on page: xi, 337 p. Class number: 355.02 Tags: Military history, Modern--20th century ; Military art and science--History--20th century ; Deployment (Strategy) ; Offensive (Military science) Languages: English Books
"War and Revolution is an original rereading of contemporary history, linking trends of historical revisionism in historiography to an investigation of fundamental philosophical and political categories, such as international civil war, revoluti[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-1-78168-616-4 Article on page: 359 p. Class number: 909.82072 Tags: History, Modern--20th century--Historiography ; History, Modern--20th century ; Historiography--Philosophy ; World politics--20th century ; Military history, Modern--20th century ; Revolutions--History--20th century ; Civil war--History--20th century ; Genocide--History--20th century ; Communism--History--20th century ; Fascism--History--20th century Languages: English Books
David Jordan ; James d. Kiras ; David j. Lonsdale ; Ian Speller ; Christopher Tuck ; C. dale Walton | Cambridge [United Kingdom] : Cambridge University Press | 2016Using relevant examples from recent history, this book provides a complete introduction to the issues, ideas, concepts, context and vocabulary of modern warfare. The expert team of authors explore the conduct of war across land, sea, air and spa[...]
Edition statement: 2nd ed. ISBN (or other code): 978-1-107-59275-9 Article on page: XVI, 482 p. Class number: 355.02 Tags: Military art and science--History--20th century ; Military art and science--History--21st century ; Military history, Modern--20th century ; Military history, Modern--21st century Languages: English Books
David Jordan ; James d. Kiras ; David j. Lonsdale ; Ian Speller ; Christopher Tuck ; C. dale Walton | Cambridge [United Kingdom] : Cambridge University Press | 2008Using relevant examples from recent history, this book provides a complete introduction to the issues, ideas, concepts, context and vocabulary of modern warfare. The expert team of authors explore the conduct of war across land, sea, air and spa[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-521-70038-2 Article on page: XIII, 371 p. Class number: 355.02 Tags: Military art and science--History--20th century ; Military art and science--History--21st century ; Military history, Modern--20th century ; Military history, Modern--21st century Languages: English Books
Using examples from a wide variety of conflicts, Lawrence Freedman shows that successful military command depends on the ability not only to use armed forces effectively but also to understand the political context in which they are operating. [...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-19-754067-1 Article on page: 588 p. Descriptors: 3.25 History > History > Histoire militaire
6.15 Politics and government > Government > Government policy
Class number: 355.330 41 Tags: Command of troops--Political aspects ; Politics and war ; Military history, Modern--20th century ; Military history, Modern--21st century Languages: English Books
Marc Trachtenberg | Princeton : Princeton University Press | Princeton studies in international history and politics | 1991
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-691-02343-4 Article on page: XII, 292 p. Class number: 355.4 Tags: Strategy ; Military history, Modern--20th century ; Strategy--History Languages: English Books
Jeremy Black | Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International | Studies in Military History and International Affairs | 2006What is total war? Definitions abound, but one thing is certain--the concept of total war has come to be seen as a defining concept of the modern age. Celebrated historian Jeremy Black explores the rise and demise of an era of total war, which h[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-275-98710-7 Article on page: 202 Class number: 355/.0330034 Tags: Military art and science--History--19th century ; Military art and science--History--20th century ; Military history, Modern--19th century ; Military history, Modern--20th century Languages: English Books
Article on page: 392 p. Descriptors: Class number: 940.3 Tags: World War, 1914-1918--Anecdotes ; Military history, Modern--20th century Languages: French Books
This is the revised second edition of "The World Since 1945" (first published in the mid-1980s). The updated material, making it clear that the post-war era has come to an end, takes the story up to the historic February 1990 plenum of the Commu[...]
Edition statement: 7th ed. ISBN (or other code): 978-1-58826-662-0 Article on page: XV, 624 p. Descriptors: Class number: 327.09/045 Tags: World politics--1945-1989 ; World politics--1989- ; International relations ; Military history, Modern--20th century ; Developing countries--Economic conditions Languages: English Books
How do small groups of combat soldiers maintain their cohesion under fire? This question has long intrigued social scientists, military historians, and philosophers. Based on extensive research and drawing on graphic analysis of close quarter co[...]
ISBN (or other code): 978-0-19-965884-8 Article on page: XIV, 538 p. Class number: 356.10904 Tags: Infantry drill and tactics--History--20th century ; Infantry--History--20th century ; Military history, Modern--20th century ; Infantry drill and tactics ; Infantry drill and tactics--Handbooks, manuals, etc. ; Tactics--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Languages: English