This book provides a concise and accessible introduction to modern military history. The collection is a clear and up to date survey of the significant debates, interpretations and historiographical shifts for a series of key themes in military history. Each chapter is supported by notes and a brief bibliography outlining further reading.
Introduction; M.Hughes & W.J.Philpott Military Revolutions and Military History; L.Henninger Warfare and the Rise of the State; A.James War and Society; M.Neiberg Military Thought from Machiavelli to Liddell Hart; N.Gardner Tactics, Operations and Strategy: The Evolution of Land Warfare from Machiavelli to Desert Storm; W.Chinn Low-Intensity Conflicts, Insurgency, Terrorism and Revolutionary War; J.Cann Total War; W.J.Philpott Air Power; J.Buckley Naval Warfare; A.Lambert Non-European Warfare; B.Vandervort Imperial Military History; P.Stanley Science, Technology and War; M.Hughes New Military History; J.Bourke
