War in European History

by Michael Howard

Overview

First published over thirty years ago, War in European History is a brilliantly written survey of the changing ways that war has been waged in Europe, from the Norse invasions to the present day. Far more than a simple military history, the book serves as a succinct and enlightening overview of the development of European society as a whole over the last millennium. From the Norsemen and the world of the medieval knights, through to the industrialized mass warfare of the twentieth century, Michael Howard illuminates the way in which warfare has shaped the history of the Continent, its effect on social and political institutions, and the ways in which technological and social change have in turn shaped the way in which wars are fought. This new edition includes a fully updated further reading and a new final chapter bringing the story into the twenty-first century, including the invasion of Iraq and the so-called "War against Terror."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191500930
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	10/25/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Sir Michael Howard is Emeritus Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford. He has held the Chair of War Studies at King's College, London, the Chichele Chair of War and the Regius Chair of Modern History at Oxford, and the Robert A. Lovatt Chair of Military and Naval History at Yale.

Table of Contents

Preface to the 2008 Edition1. The Wars of the Knights2. The Wars of the Mercenaries3. The Wars of the Merchants4. The Wars of the Professionals5. The Wars of the Nations6. The Wars of the TechnologistsEpilogue: The End of the European EraNotesNotes on Further ReadingIndex

Editorial Reviews

"Michael Howard...shows that he can spread his range of historical vision as far as an eagle surveying a mountain chain. He covers, in a fewer than 150 pages of text, warfare over a thousand years; and he covers it comprehensively, without trying to be encyclopedic. He has the true historian's gift for combining the general view and the illuminating detail... This is a book that, for all its brevity, broadens and deepens our understanding of how the world we live in came to be the shape it is."—The Economist

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