Warfare in the Western World, 1882-1975 / Edition 1

Warfare in the Western World, 1882-1975 / Edition 1

by Jeremy Black
ISBN-10:
0253215099
ISBN-13:
9780253215093
Pub. Date:
01/21/2002
Publisher:
Indiana University Press
ISBN-10:
0253215099
ISBN-13:
9780253215093
Pub. Date:
01/21/2002
Publisher:
Indiana University Press
Warfare in the Western World, 1882-1975 / Edition 1

Warfare in the Western World, 1882-1975 / Edition 1

by Jeremy Black
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Overview

In this companion volume to Western Warfare, 1775–1882, Jeremy Black takes his analysis of modern warfare into the 20th century. A distinctive feature of the author's approach is the coverage of both land and naval warfare as well as conflict within the West and between Western and non-Western powers. Beginning with the British conquest of Egypt in 1882, Black goes on to examine the Spanish-American War of 1898, the Boer War, and the Balkan conflicts leading to world war in 1914. A revisionist account of the First World War is followed by a discussion of Western expansionism in the period to 1936. Chapters on the interwar years and the Second World War lead to a discussion of the retreat from empire and the advent of the Cold War. The narrative closes with the end of the Vietnam War in 1975 and a discussion of the limitations of Western military technique, doctrine, and technology. Black offers a new and challenging interpretation of modern warfare that will be required reading not only for students of military history but for all those interested in the impact of war in the making of the modern world.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780253215093
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 01/21/2002
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.76(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Jeremy Black MBE is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. He is Editor of the journal Archives and a member of the Council of the British Records Association. His recent publications include Western Warfare, 1775-1882 (Acumen, 2001).

Table of Contents

Preliminary Table of Contents:

Preface
Abbreviations
1.Introduction
2.From Egypt to Ethiopia: Western Expansionism 1882-1936
3.The West 1882-1913
4.World War One
5.The Inter-war Years
6.World War Two
7.Naval Power and Warfare
8.Air Power and Warfare
9.The Retreat from Empire: Singapore to Mozambique 1942-1975
10.Military Power in the West 1946-1975
11.Social and Political Contexts
12.Conclusions
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

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