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War in the Nineteenth Century: 1800-1914
Contributor(s): Black, Jeremy (Author)
ISBN: 074564449X     ISBN-13: 9780745644493
Publisher: Polity Press
OUR PRICE:   $27.50  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - General
- History | Modern - 19th Century
Dewey: 355.009
Series: War and Conflict Through the Ages
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Chronological Period - 1900-1919
 
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This book provides an accessible and up-to-date account of the rich military history of the nineteenth century. It takes a fresh approach, making novel links with conflict and coercion, and moving away from teleological emphases. Naval developments and warfare are included, as are social and cultural dimensions of military activity.

Leading military historian Jeremy Black offers the reader a twenty-first-century approach to this period, particularly through his focus on the dynamic drive provided by different forms of military goals, or 'tasking'. This allows echoes with modern warfare to come to the fore and provides a fuller understanding of a period sometimes considered solely as background to the total war of 1914-45. Alongside state-to-state warfare and the move toward 'total war', Black's emphasis on different military goals gives due weight to trans-oceanic conflict at the expense of non-Europeans. The book provides a deliberate shift from Western-centricity by taking into account a broader range of conflict, including irregular, internal and asymmetric war.

At the very cutting edge of its field, this book is a must read for all students and scholars of military history and its related disciplines.