03398nam 2200577Ia 450 991078159100332120230124183603.00-300-17744-510.12987/9780300177442(CKB)2550000000064356(StDuBDS)AH24090761(SSID)ssj0000539991(PQKBManifestationID)11339861(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000539991(PQKBWorkID)10596565(PQKB)10461666(MiAaPQ)EBC3420755(DE-B1597)486227(OCoLC)994456520(DE-B1597)9780300177442(Au-PeEL)EBL3420755(CaPaEBR)ebr10511629(OCoLC)923596645(EXLCZ)99255000000006435620110217d2011 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrPerilous glory[electronic resource] the rise of western military power /John FranceNew Haven Yale University Pressc20111 online resource (448 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-12074-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations and Maps -- Preface -- 1. The Many Faces of War -- 2. Many Worlds of War -- 3. Horses and Hoplites -- 4. The Glory of Empire, 336 BC-AD 651 -- 5. Ideology and Warfare, 500-c.1200 -- 6. The Steppe Supremacy, c.1200-1683 -- 7. Discipline, c.1683-c.1860 -- 8. The Military Revolution -- 9. Industrial Killing -- 10. Culture and Warfare in the Age of Total War, 1919-1945 -- 11. A New Age of War -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Appendix 1: Tables -- IndexThis expansive book surveys the history of warfare from ancient Mesopotamia to the Gulf War in search of a deeper understanding of the origins of Western warfare and the reasons for its eminence today. Historian John France explores the experience of war around the globe, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. His bold conclusions cast doubt on well-entrenched attitudes about the development of military strength, the impact of culture on warfare, the future of Western dominance, and much more.Taking into account wars waged by virtually all civilizations since the beginning of recorded history, France finds that despite enormous cultural differences, war was conducted in distinctly similar ways right up to the Military Revolution and the pursuit of technological warfare in the nineteenth century. Since then, European and American culture has shaped warfare, but only because we have achieved a sense of distance from it, France argues. He warns that the present eminence of U.S. power is much more precarious and accidental than commonly believed. The notion that war is a distant phenomenon is only an illusion, and our cultural attitudes must change accordingly.Military art and scienceHistoryMilitary historyMilitary art and scienceHistory.Military history.355/.03301821France John779274MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781591003321Perilous glory3753766UNINA