The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800 - Hardcover

Parker, Geoffrey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521326079 ISBN 13: 9780521326070

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1988

Synopsis

This work attempts to explain how the West, so small and so deficient in natural resources in 1500, came to control over one-third of the world by 1800. The author examines the reasons, military and industrial, which brought about this domination.

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Review:

From reviews of the first edition (1988): '... a work of superb scholarship ... a brisk and engaging account that illuminates virtually every aspect of warfare in this watershed period.' Gordon A. Craig, New York Review of Books

'... a succinct but dense study with the rare distinction of being packed with information, rich in argument, and yet well organized and clear.' John Childs, The Times Literary Supplement

'... a major work of military historiography which will influence the outlook of Professor Parker's fellow practitioners for years to come.' John Keegan, The Daily Telegraph

'Parker's Military Revolution has produced the most sophisticated debate in the entire field of military history.' John Lynn

Book Description:

This is a new edition of Geoffrey Parker's much-admired illustrated account of how the West, so small and so deficient in natural resources in 1500, had by 1800 come to control over one-third of the world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0521326079
• ISBN 13: 9780521326070
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256