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Routledge Handbook of the Global History of Warfare, PDF eBook

Routledge Handbook of the Global History of Warfare PDF

Edited by Kaushik Roy, Michael W. Charney

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This handbook examines key aspects of the development of the global history of warfare and the changing patterns of warfare over time.

Although scholarship has long eschewed a chronological narrative of the evolution of warfare that privileges the Western experience, global histories of warfare have had difficulty avoiding an overemphasis on the West. The present volume is a collection of themes rather than a history per se; it provides important perspectives on the emergence of warfare as a global historical experience from the ancient past to the present day. Drawing together numerous experts, it tells a broader, more inclusive story of the global, human experience with wars and warfare. The 35 chapters are organised in eight thematic parts:

Part I: Origins of Warfare

Part II: Polities and Armed Forces in the Pre-Modern Era

Part III: Steppe Nomads of Eurasia

Part IV: Naval Warfare and Piracy in the Pre-Industrial World

Part V: The Impact of Gunpowder

Part VI: Transition from Industrial to Total War

Part VII: Wars of Decolonisation and Cold War

Part VIII: Postmodern/New Wars

These Parts offer an overview of the global experience of warfare to help readers understand how the wars and the militaries we see today have been shaped by historical developments across the globe.

This handbook will be of great interest to students of military history, naval history, strategic studies and world history in general.

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