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Autore |
Black Jeremy <1955-, > |
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Warfare in the western world, 1882-1975 / / Jeremy Black |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
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1-317-48974-8 |
1-315-71070-6 |
1-283-59190-1 |
9786612921339 |
9786613904355 |
1-84465-332-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Military art and science - History - 20th century |
Military art and science - History - 19th century |
Military history, Modern - 20th century |
Military history, Modern - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2002 by Equinox, an imprint of Acumen. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-240) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 From Egypt to Ethiopia: Western Expansionism, 1882-1936; 2 The West, 1882-1913; 3 World War One, 1914-18; 4 The Inter-war Years; 5 World War Two; 6 Naval Power and Warfare; 7 Air Power and Warfare; 8 The Retreat from Empire: Singapore to Mozambique, 1942-75; 9 Military Power in the West, 1946-1975; 10 Social and Political Contexts; 11 Conclusions; Notes; Selected Further Reading; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this companion volume to ""Western Warfare, 1775-1882,"" Jeremy Black takes his analysis of modern warfare into the twentieth century. As before, a distinctive feature of the author's approach is the coverage of both land and naval warfare as well as conflict within the West and between Western and non-Western powers. Beginning with the British |
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conquest of Egypt in 1882, this book goes on to examine the Spanish-American War of 1898, the Boer War and the Balkan conflicts leading to world war in 1914. A revisionist account of the First World War is followed by a discussion of Western expansio |
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