| Warfare in the Western World, 1882--1975 Contributor(s): Black, Jeremy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1902683447 ISBN-13: 9781902683447 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $46.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - Religion |
| Dewey: 355 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.80 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Beginning with the British conquest of Egypt, the subjugation of a leading non-Western state, the book goes on to examine the Spanish-American War of 1898, the Boer War and the Balklands conflicts leading to world war in 1914. A revisonist account of World War I is followed by a discussion of Western expansionism in the period to 1936. Chapters on the interwar years and World War II leads on to a discussion of the retreat from empire and the advent of 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. |