LEADER 03398nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910781591003321 005 20230124183603.0 010 $a0-300-17744-5 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300177442 035 $a(CKB)2550000000064356 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24090761 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000539991 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11339861 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000539991 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10596565 035 $a(PQKB)10461666 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420755 035 $a(DE-B1597)486227 035 $a(OCoLC)994456520 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300177442 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420755 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10511629 035 $a(OCoLC)923596645 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000064356 100 $a20110217d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPerilous glory$b[electronic resource] $ethe rise of western military power /$fJohn France 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (448 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-12074-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tList of Illustrations and Maps -- $tPreface -- $t1. The Many Faces of War -- $t2. Many Worlds of War -- $t3. Horses and Hoplites -- $t4. The Glory of Empire, 336 BC-AD 651 -- $t5. Ideology and Warfare, 500-c.1200 -- $t6. The Steppe Supremacy, c.1200-1683 -- $t7. Discipline, c.1683-c.1860 -- $t8. The Military Revolution -- $t9. Industrial Killing -- $t10. Culture and Warfare in the Age of Total War, 1919-1945 -- $t11. A New Age of War -- $tNotes -- $tFurther Reading -- $tAppendix 1: Tables -- $tIndex 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aMilitary art and science$xHistory 606 $aMilitary history 615 0$aMilitary art and science$xHistory. 615 0$aMilitary history. 676 $a355/.03301821 700 $aFrance$b John$0779274 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781591003321 996 $aPerilous glory$93753766 997 $aUNINA