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  • av Richard Harding
    697 - 2 031

    A single-volume survey of war at sea and the expansion of naval power in the 18th century. The book is intended for undergraduate courses on 18th century European history, and for amateur and professional military historians.

  • av Stanley D. M. Carpenter, Kevin J. Delamer, James R. McIntyre & m.fl.
    587 - 2 067

  • av Professor Susan Rose
    717 - 2 031

    How were medieval navies organised, and how did powerful rulers use them? This fascinating account brings vividly to life the dangers and difficulties of medieval seafaring.

  • av Brian Davies
    801 - 1 967

    Provides an insight into the emergence of Russia as a great power.

  • - Holy Warriors at the Dawn of History
    av William J. (Brigham Young University, USA) Hamblin & Utah
    707 - 2 967

    Beautifully illustrated, with maps of the region and drawing on an extensive range of textual, artistic and archaeological data, this is the only book that covers ancient Near Eastern military history from the Neolithic era to the middle Bronze Ages.

  • av US) Vandervort & Bruce (Virginia Military Institute
    727 - 2 047

    Drawing on anthropology and ethnohistory as well as the 'military history', this book interprets and compares the way Indians and European Americans waged wars in Canada, Mexico, the USA and Yucatan, during the 19th century. It is a contribution to the study of military history, and an addition to the understanding of colonialism.

  • - A Military History
    av Professor Jeremy Black
    587 - 1 831

    In this work, Jeremy Black provides fresh insights into the operations at the Eastern Front and the war against Japan and argues against a trend to demilitarise, giving due weight to the campaings and battles that made up World War II.

  • - Military and Society in the Early Islamic State
    av Hugh Kennedy
    771 - 1 991

    The first major study of the relationship between army and society in the early Islamic period, which reveals the pivotal role of the military in politics and offers a timely reassessment of the early Islamic State.

  • av Professor Jeremy Black
    717 - 2 037

    The onset of the Italian Wars in 1494 provides the starting point for this impressive survey of European Warfare in early modern Europe. This sharp and compact analysis will interest anyone studying this period of military history

  • av Peter (Vanderbilt University & USA) Lorge
    677 - 2 031

    A comprehensive survey of Chinese military history, in English, spanning the significant years from 900-1795. Emphasizing the relationship between the military and politics, the chapters here are organised around specific military events. The book is useful as a course adoption text for Asian military studies.

  • av Owen S. Connelly
    611 - 2 037

    Provides a re-examination of the crucial period in the history of France for students of history and military studies. Based on research, and including twenty detailed maps, this study focuses on the wars of both the French Revolution and Napoleon.

  • av Bruce Vandervort
    697

    A military history of the European conquest in Africa and an assessment of the impact and legacy of the imperial wars on African and European military practice. The text is intended for undergraduate courses on imperial, African and military history.

  • - Maritime Conflicts and the Transformation of Europe
    av Mr. Jan Glete
    697 - 2 037

    Commencing in the late 15th century with the introduction of gunpowder in naval warfare and the rapid transformation of maritime trade, this book focuses on the scope and limitations of war before the advent of the big battle fleets from the middle of the 17th century.

  • - Prelude to the First World War
    av Richard C. (Georgia Southwestern State University & USA) Hall
    681 - 2 047

    Richard Hall examines the origins, the enactment and the resolution of the Balkan Wars, during which the Ottoman Empire fought a Balkan coalition of Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia.

  • av Karl F. (University of Georgia & USA) Friday
    691 - 1 967

    This book is a broadly-cast study of the purposes, methods, technology and mores of warfare among the early samurai, and their relationship to the polity and social structure of tenth to fourteenth century Japan.

  • av John K. Thornton
    801 - 2 047

    Examines the role and impact of warfare in west Africa during the period of the slave trade and the founding of the Empire. The book is intended for undergraduate courses in European expansion, slavery and slave trade, African history, colonial history, and for military historians.

  • av Geoffrey Wawro
    771 - 1 697

    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.

  • av Lawrence Sondhaus
    697 - 2 037

    This important new book examines the slow transition from the timber fleets of Napoleonic times to the might of pre-World War One German and British navies.

  • av Professor Jeremy Black
    611 - 737

    This is a history of warfare, wars and the armed forces of Europe from the military revolution of the mid-17th century to the Napoleonic wars.

  • av John Buckley
    851 - 2 037

    Warfare in the first half of the 20th century was fundamentally and irrovocably altered by the birth and subsequent development of air power. This work assesses the role of air power in changing the face of battle on land and sea.

  • av Dr. Rhoads Murphey
    681 - 2 037

    A study of the Ottoman military machine and its successes in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East in a period when they were feared by Western European states and were the focus of much military concern.

  • - Spain, the Dutch Republic and Sweden as Fiscal-Military States
    av Mr. Jan Glete
    791 - 2 037

    The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw many ambitious European rulers develop permanent armies and navies. Jan Glete examines this military change as a central part of the political, social and economic transformation of early modern Europe

  • av Guy (University of York & UK) Halsall
    587 - 2 037

    Warfare was an integral part of early medieval life. This book looks at warfare in a rounded context in the British Isles and Western Europe between the end of the Roman Empire and the break-up of the Carolingian Empire.

  • - Guerrillas and their Opponents since 1750
    av Ian F. (University of Luton & UK) Beckett
    677 - 2 237

    Modern Insurgencies and Counter-Insurgencies explores how unconventional warfare tactics have opposed past and present governments all over the world, from eighteenth-century guerrilla warfare to the urban terrorism of today.

  • - A Military History
    av Charles J (University of Liverpool & UK) Esdaile
    721 - 2 047

  • - War and Society in the United States, 1775-83
    av Harry M. Ward
    681 - 2 037

    Spanning the period 1775 to 1783, this book is a synthesis which assesses the impact of war upon the American people.

  • - A History Since 1947
    av Ahron (King's College, UK) Bregman & University of London
    617 - 1 971

  • av Armstrong Starkey
    681

    This work blends anthropology and military history in its examination of the frontier warfare of the European invasion of North America.

  • av John France
    681 - 2 047

    From the author of "Victory in the East: A Military History of the First Crusade", this book offers a wide-ranging and innovative survey of crusading warfare, and is intended as a standard reference for students and professional historians alike.

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