Warfare in the Western World, 1882-1975 - Softcover

Black, Jeremy

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ISBN 10: 1902683447 ISBN 13: 9781902683447

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

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"A masterful display of historical erudition and analysis - a book of rare insight and one which repays reading by anyone interested in the history of the twentieth century, let alone military historians." - Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research "This stimulating attempt to place military history in a wider context of politics and culture should appeal to a large and varied readership." - English Historical Review

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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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1902683447
• ISBN 13: 9781902683447
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240