Warfare in the western world, 1882-1975 / / Jeremy Black
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| Autore: |
Black Jeremy <1955-, >
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| Titolo: |
Warfare in the western world, 1882-1975 / / Jeremy Black
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| Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 355.00904 |
| 355/.009/04 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Military art and science - History - 20th century |
| Military art and science - History - 19th century | |
| Military history, Modern - 20th century | |
| Military history, Modern - 19th century | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | First published 2002 by Equinox, an imprint of Acumen. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-240) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Warfare in the western world, 1882-1975 |
| ISBN: | 1-317-48974-8 |
| 1-315-71070-6 | |
| 1-283-59190-1 | |
| 9786612921339 | |
| 9786613904355 | |
| 1-84465-332-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910459505903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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