05738nam 2200757Ia 450 991079023320332120230124190427.01-280-67799-697866136549220-253-11109-9(CKB)2670000000203720(EBL)613543(OCoLC)624563116(SSID)ssj0000581615(PQKBManifestationID)11396891(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000581615(PQKBWorkID)10537473(PQKB)11036261(MiAaPQ)EBC613543(MdBmJHUP)muse16901(Au-PeEL)EBL613543(CaPaEBR)ebr10567665(CaONFJC)MIL365492(EXLCZ)99267000000020372019930622d1994 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe patterns of war since the eighteenth century[electronic resource] /Larry H. Addington2nd ed.Bloomington Indiana University Pressc19941 online resource (384 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-30132-7 Includes bibliographical references (p.[327]-348) and index.Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; PREFACE; 1. FROM DYNASTIC TO NATIONAL WARFARE, 1775-1815; I. Dynastic Warfare; A. Armies; B. Navies; II. The War of the American Revolution, 1775-83; III. The French Revolution and Napoleon, 1789-1815; A. Ideas Borrowed from the Old Royal Army before 1789; B. The Wars of the French Revolution and the Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1789-1802; C. Napoleon and the Imperial Army at Zenith, 1804-7; D. The Decline of French Fortunes in the West and the Anglo-American War of 1812E. The Decline of Napoleon's Fortunes in the East, the First Abdication, and the Return of the Hundred Days, 1808-152. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, 1815-71; I. Armies; A. The Long Peace and Military Thought; B. The Technological Revolution in Land Warfare; C. The Prussian General Staff, the Nation-in-Arms, and the Kesselschlacht Doctrine; II. Navies; III. The Mid-Nineteenth Century Wars before 1861; IV. The American Civil War, 1861-65; A. The Opposing Sides; B. Tactics on Land; C. Naval Tactics and Coast Defense; D. Geography and Strategy; E. The Strategic DirectionF. The Eastern Theater to May 1864G. The Western Theater to May 1864; H. The Final Campaigns, May 1864-April 1865; V. The Wars of German Unification, 1864-71; A. The Wars with Denmark and Austria, 1864-66; B. The Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71; 3. THE MARCH TOWARD WORLD WAR, 1871-1914; I. Armies; A. The Spread of the German System and the Technology of Land Warfare; B. The Alliance Systems and Contingency War Plans; C. The Anglo-American Military Experience to 1914; II. Navies; A. The Challenge of the Jeune École to 1889; B. The Mahanite School of Naval Power, 1890-1914C. Technical Developments in Navies, 1890-1914III. The Wars, 1871-1914; A. The Russo-Turkish War and Tensions among the Great Powers, 1877-78; B. The Overseas Colonial Wars; C. The Spanish-American War, 1898; D. The Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars; E. The Final Wars and Crises before 1914; 4. THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1914-18; I. The Outbreak and the Stalemate of 1914; A. The Outbreak of War; B. The Opening Battles and Stalemate in the West, 1914; C. The Opening Battles and Stalemate on the Eastern Front, 1914; D. The War at Sea, 1914; II. The Search for Victory, 1915-16A. Allied Strategy and Operations, 1915B. German Strategy in 1915; C. The War at Sea, 1915; D. The War on Land, 1916; E. The War at Sea, 1916; F. The Rise of Air Power; G. The Development of Armored Fighting Vehicles; III. The Years of Decision, 1917-18; A. The 1917 U-Boat Campaign and America's Entry into the War; B. The Russian Collapse, the French Mutiny, and New German Methods of Land Warfare; C. British Failures and Successes in 1917; D. The Ludendorff Offensives, March-July 1918; E. Foch's Offensives to the End of the War, July-November 1918; 5. BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS, 1919-39I. The Failure of the Treaty Approach""This important work... synthesizes the evolution of warfare from 1775 to the present."" -Military ReviewA thorough revision of a highly successful text, this new edition provides a comprehensive picture of the evolution of modern warfare.From reviews of the first edition:""There is nothing else in print that tells so much so concisely about how war has been conducted since the days of Gen. George Washington."" -Russell F. Weigley""A superior synthesis. Well written, nicely organized, remarkably comprehensive, and laced with facts."" -Military AffairsMilitary art and scienceHistory18th centuryMilitary art and scienceHistory19th centuryMilitary art and scienceHistory20th centuryMilitary history, Modern18th centuryMilitary history, Modern19th centuryMilitary history, Modern20th centuryMilitary art and scienceHistoryMilitary art and scienceHistoryMilitary art and scienceHistoryMilitary history, ModernMilitary history, ModernMilitary history, Modern355.00903909.7Addington Larry H153882MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790233203321Patterns of WAR since the eighteenth century471179UNINA