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Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792- 1914: Warfare and History

Autor Geoffrey Wawro
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 dec 1999
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 on:
* 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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415214452
ISBN-10: 0415214459
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 10 line drawings
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Warfare and History

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Undergraduate

Recenzii

'... the book is highly readable, thought provoking and should provide readers with a useful background on the century in which Europe prepared itself for self-destruction' - Michael Crawshaw, British Army Review, no. 131, 2003

'... stimulating, balanced and original' - Michael Crawshaw, British Army Review, no. 131, 2003

Cuprins

1 Napoleon and the road to Waterloo 2 Restoration and revolution, 1815–49 3 Napoleon III and the militarization of Europe, 1848–66 4 The rise of Prussia and Italy, 1861–6 5 The Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1 6 New weapons and the ‘new imperialism’, 1877–1905 7 Sea power and popular navalism, 1890–1914 8 War plans and armaments: the deadly spiral, 1911–14 9 The outbreak of World War I in 1914, Bibliograph

Descriere

Combining original research with the latest scholarship Wawro examines war and its aftermath from Napoleonic times to the outbreak of WW1. The book highlights the interplay of society, politics and military decision making in Europe.