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Understanding war : an annotated bibliography / / Christian P. Potholm
| Understanding war : an annotated bibliography / / Christian P. Potholm |
| Autore | Potholm Christian P. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (720 p.) |
| Disciplina | 016.35502 |
| Collana | The War Trilogy |
| Soggetto topico |
War
War - History Military art and science - History Military art and science |
| ISBN | 0-7618-6774-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; I: Analyzing Warfare; 1 Why Study Military Matters?; 2 Eros and Mars: The Nature of Humankind; or, Making Love and War; 3 The Search for Fundamental Truths about War; 4 Geopolitics and the Long Shadow of Geography; 5 The Template of Mars; Superior Weapons and Technological Entrepreneurship; Superior Discipline; Sustained but Controlled Ruthlessness; Receptivity to Military and Integrative Innovation; The Ability and Willingness to Protect Capital from People and Rulers; The Centrality of Superior Will; The Belief That There Will Always Be Another War
6 The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb or, Hiroshima as Seen through the Lens of Mars; 7 Mars Is a Jealous God, Part 1; 8 Is the Template Obsolete in the Face of Insurgencies?; Theoreticians and Practitioners; Overviews of Insurgency; Some Illustrative Case Studies: Showing the Experience of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency across Cross-Cultural Lines; 9 The American "Empire" and the Dangers That Lie Ahead; The Empire as Empire (or Hegemon); The Nuclear Dimension; China; Failed and Fragile States; Islamic Radical Salafists and Local and Global Insurgencies Afghanistan: Watch on the Danube ReduxII: Topics in War; 10 Early Warfare; 11 Classical Infantry; 12 Classical Infantry; 13 The Horsemen Cometh; Part I: The Mounted Horsemen of the Steppes; Part II: European Heavy Horse: Feudalism and Knighthood, Power Diffusion and Its Consequences, and Later Power Centralization; Part III: Byzantium; Part IV: African Heavy Horse: Power Centralization and Power Diffusion; Part V: Arab Light(er) Horse: Flow and Ebb, Ebb and Flow; Part VI: Japanese and Chinese Horsemen; Part VII: Parthian and Sassanian Horsemen Part VIII: Mongol and Later Turkic Asian HorsemenPart IX: Indian and South Asian Horsemen; 14 The Vikings; 15 The Gunpowder and Discipline Revolution and the Expansion of the Gunpowder Empires; 16 Era of the European Great Captains; Maurice of Nassau (1567-1625); Gustavus Adolphus (1594-1632); The Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722); Charles XII (1682-1718); Louis XIV (1638-1715); Frederick the Great (1712-1786); 17 Warfare on the Periphery and the Expansion of the European Gunpowder Empires; 18 Revolution and Civil War; 19 The Real United States Is Born; American Military History (General) War of 1812The Mexican War; 20 Further Democratization of War; 21 The American Civil War; 22 Civil Wars in Perspective; Some Illustrative Examples; 23 Precursors to 20th-Century War; 24 World War I; 25 Transition within the Continuum; 26 The Battle of Nomonhan/Khalkin Gol; 27 The Triumph of the Offense; ; 28 World War II; 29 The Cold War and Nuclear Weapons, 1946-1992; 30 The Korean War; or, The Forgotten War of Great Irony; 31 Vietnam; 32 Mars Is a Jealous God, Part II; Afghanistan I and II; Iraq Wars II and III; 33 Weapons in War; 34 Logistics in War; 35 The Daughters of Mars 36 Homosexuality and Warfare |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798530403321 |
Potholm Christian P.
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| Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Understanding war : an annotated bibliography / / Christian P. Potholm
| Understanding war : an annotated bibliography / / Christian P. Potholm |
| Autore | Potholm Christian P. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (720 p.) |
| Disciplina | 016.35502 |
| Collana | The War Trilogy |
| Soggetto topico |
War
War - History Military art and science - History Military art and science |
| ISBN | 0-7618-6774-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; I: Analyzing Warfare; 1 Why Study Military Matters?; 2 Eros and Mars: The Nature of Humankind; or, Making Love and War; 3 The Search for Fundamental Truths about War; 4 Geopolitics and the Long Shadow of Geography; 5 The Template of Mars; Superior Weapons and Technological Entrepreneurship; Superior Discipline; Sustained but Controlled Ruthlessness; Receptivity to Military and Integrative Innovation; The Ability and Willingness to Protect Capital from People and Rulers; The Centrality of Superior Will; The Belief That There Will Always Be Another War
6 The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb or, Hiroshima as Seen through the Lens of Mars; 7 Mars Is a Jealous God, Part 1; 8 Is the Template Obsolete in the Face of Insurgencies?; Theoreticians and Practitioners; Overviews of Insurgency; Some Illustrative Case Studies: Showing the Experience of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency across Cross-Cultural Lines; 9 The American "Empire" and the Dangers That Lie Ahead; The Empire as Empire (or Hegemon); The Nuclear Dimension; China; Failed and Fragile States; Islamic Radical Salafists and Local and Global Insurgencies Afghanistan: Watch on the Danube ReduxII: Topics in War; 10 Early Warfare; 11 Classical Infantry; 12 Classical Infantry; 13 The Horsemen Cometh; Part I: The Mounted Horsemen of the Steppes; Part II: European Heavy Horse: Feudalism and Knighthood, Power Diffusion and Its Consequences, and Later Power Centralization; Part III: Byzantium; Part IV: African Heavy Horse: Power Centralization and Power Diffusion; Part V: Arab Light(er) Horse: Flow and Ebb, Ebb and Flow; Part VI: Japanese and Chinese Horsemen; Part VII: Parthian and Sassanian Horsemen Part VIII: Mongol and Later Turkic Asian HorsemenPart IX: Indian and South Asian Horsemen; 14 The Vikings; 15 The Gunpowder and Discipline Revolution and the Expansion of the Gunpowder Empires; 16 Era of the European Great Captains; Maurice of Nassau (1567-1625); Gustavus Adolphus (1594-1632); The Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722); Charles XII (1682-1718); Louis XIV (1638-1715); Frederick the Great (1712-1786); 17 Warfare on the Periphery and the Expansion of the European Gunpowder Empires; 18 Revolution and Civil War; 19 The Real United States Is Born; American Military History (General) War of 1812The Mexican War; 20 Further Democratization of War; 21 The American Civil War; 22 Civil Wars in Perspective; Some Illustrative Examples; 23 Precursors to 20th-Century War; 24 World War I; 25 Transition within the Continuum; 26 The Battle of Nomonhan/Khalkin Gol; 27 The Triumph of the Offense; ; 28 World War II; 29 The Cold War and Nuclear Weapons, 1946-1992; 30 The Korean War; or, The Forgotten War of Great Irony; 31 Vietnam; 32 Mars Is a Jealous God, Part II; Afghanistan I and II; Iraq Wars II and III; 33 Weapons in War; 34 Logistics in War; 35 The Daughters of Mars 36 Homosexuality and Warfare |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820486103321 |
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Potholm Christian P.
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| Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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War wisdom : a cross-cultural sampling / / Christian P. Potholm
| War wisdom : a cross-cultural sampling / / Christian P. Potholm |
| Autore | Potholm Christian P. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, [Maryland] : , : University Press of America, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.0209 |
| Soggetto topico |
War - History
Military art and science - History Military art and science |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Quotations. |
| ISBN | 0-7618-6615-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797551203321 |
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Potholm Christian P.
|
||
| Lanham, [Maryland] : , : University Press of America, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
War wisdom : a cross-cultural sampling / / Christian P. Potholm
| War wisdom : a cross-cultural sampling / / Christian P. Potholm |
| Autore | Potholm Christian P. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, [Maryland] : , : University Press of America, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.0209 |
| Soggetto topico |
War - History
Military art and science - History Military art and science |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
History
Quotations. |
| ISBN | 0-7618-6615-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820437403321 |
|
Potholm Christian P.
|
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| Lanham, [Maryland] : , : University Press of America, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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