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Warfare and History
Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792-1914
Combining original research with the latest scholarship Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792 - 1914 examines war and its aftermath from Napoleonic times to the outbreak of the First World War. Throughout, this fine book treats warfare as a social and political phenomenon no less than a military and technologial one, and includes discussions * The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars
* Napoleon III and the militarization of Europe
* Bismark, Molkte, and the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71
* new technologies and weapons
* seapower, imperialism and naval warfare
* the origins and outbreak of the First World War. For anyone studying, or with in interest in European warfare, this book details the evolution of land and naval warfare and highlights the swirling interplay of society, politics and military decision making.
* Napoleon III and the militarization of Europe
* Bismark, Molkte, and the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71
* new technologies and weapons
* seapower, imperialism and naval warfare
* the origins and outbreak of the First World War. For anyone studying, or with in interest in European warfare, this book details the evolution of land and naval warfare and highlights the swirling interplay of society, politics and military decision making.
260 pages, Paperback
First published December 16, 1999
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Geoffrey Wawro
16 books79 followersGeoffrey Wawro is the General Olinto Mark Barsanti Professor of Military History at the University of North Texas, and Director of the UNT Military History Center. His primary area of emphasis is modern and contemporary military history, from the French Revolution to the present.
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January 7, 2018
Unforgivable factual errors, author quite biased and the "society" part is pretty much on the side.
That's the book needed for someone having to discover XIXth century military history. But if you expect a deep analysis of how these war or the military or patriotism were perceived by the said society, that's not the one. And again, a number of factual errors despite interesting chapters in the end about Mahan or Germany's saber rattling. .
That's the book needed for someone having to discover XIXth century military history. But if you expect a deep analysis of how these war or the military or patriotism were perceived by the said society, that's not the one. And again, a number of factual errors despite interesting chapters in the end about Mahan or Germany's saber rattling. .
February 24, 2013
Machine guns, boiling water, and seamen gaily riding the bows of their new dreadnoughts! It's all packed in here, a hilt-deep probe of military developments in steamy Europe throughout the long 19th century.
February 21, 2009
Reading for HIS 3543 History of Modern Warfare.
August 11, 2011
I had to read this book for a history class in University. It has a lot of detail, but I remember it being very informative and interesting as I enjoy reading about history
April 8, 2013
Well-written and informative. An excellent resource for reference/secondary source material.
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