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All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Geoffrey parker, successor to michael howard in the lovett chair of military and naval history at yale, has written perhaps a quarter of the book and selected only a handful of colleagues to join him in the enterprise. The book treats the history of all aspects of the subject and places in context particular key events in the history of armed engagement. The cambridge illustrated history of warfare edited by. The triumph of the west cambridge illustrated histories updated edition by parker, geoffrey isbn. The cambridge illustrated history of warfare thriftbooks. Guerrilla the oldest form of fighting is guerrilla warfare, which requires the least amount of training. The cambridge illustrated history of warfare cambridge. The book stresses five essential aspects of the western way of war. Although the focus throughout this book remains on the west, and on the role of violence in its rise, each chapter also examines the. The triumph of european warfare in the colonial northeast. At the same time, warfare and its conduct often had significant and widereaching economic, social, or political consequences.
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The cambridge history of warfare edited by geoffrey parker. The present volume is divided into nineteen chapters with an introduction and epilogue, covering developments in warfare from ancient greece to the gulf wars. In this colorful and informative book, authors hooper and bennett debunk many of the myths surrounding medieval warfare to present a picture of a military culture as sophisticated as our modern one, with well organized armies and a high degree. The cambridge history of warfare is a comprehensive account of war in the west. The triumph of the west 1995, without the illustrations, but updated to include wars fought since that date. The triumph of the west cambridge illustrated histories 9780521738064. The book treats all aspects of the subject from the greeks to the nuclear age. Britain and the home front during the second world war. Ranging from prehistoric menhirs to the pompidou centre, from louis xivs versailles to twentiethcentury highrises, from marie antoinette.
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