The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare

The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare
Author: Geoffrey Parker
Publsiher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2008-09-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521738067

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Now available in a revised and updated version, this book examines Western warfare from antiquity to the present day.

The Cambridge History of Warfare

The Cambridge History of Warfare
Author: Geoffrey Parker
Publsiher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 605
Release: 2020-06-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781107181595

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The new edition of The Cambridge History of Warfare offers an updated comprehensive account of Western warfare, from its origins in classical Greece and Rome, through the Middle Ages and the early modern period, down to the wars of the twenty-first century in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.

The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare

The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare
Author: Geoffrey Parker
Publsiher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 555
Release: 2021-08-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781107181564

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The new edition of The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare offers an updated comprehensive account of Western warfare, from its origins in Classical Greece and Rome, through the Middle Ages and the early modern period, down to the wars of the twenty-first century in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.

The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare

The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare
Author: Nicholas Hooper,Matthew Bennett
Publsiher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1996-01-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521440491

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This book offers a highly readable account of warfare in Europe and the Mediterranean from the Battle of Poitiers to the Wars of the Roses. With an emphasis on superb full-colour cartography and illustration, The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: The Middle Ages, 768 1487 focuses on military strategy, debunking some of the prevailing myths of medieval warfare. Often characterized as an era dominated by lone knights and long sieges, the Middle Ages in fact had a military culture as sophisticated and complex as our own, with organized armies and a high degree of tactical intelligence. This complexity is detailed in maps, plans, and an informative text. Development of naval warfare, cavalry, and siege tactics are all covered, as is the nature of contemporary logistics and contemporary understanding of the science of warfare.

The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare

The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare
Author: Jeremy Black
Publsiher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1996-03-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521470331

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The Cambridge Illustrated Atlas of Warfare: Renaissance to Revolution provides a thorough introduction to the military and naval history of the years 1492 to 1792, covering the period from the European Renaissance to the revolutionary wars of the late eighteenth century. Detailed colour maps, battle plans, and colour and black-and-white illustrations combine with an authoritative text to illuminate developments in warfare on both land and sea. Particular attention is paid to the effects of European military expansion on the rest of the world including the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Mediterranean. Special feature panels are devoted to key events, to the more complicated and intriguing military confrontations, to individual tacticians and to the key topics such as weapons, battle strategies, the rise of naval warfare, and the composition of armies. The book is written by a leading historian of the early modern period.

The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Roman World

The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Roman World
Author: Greg Woolf
Publsiher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2003-11-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521827752

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New history richly illustrated in colour and aimed at the general reader.

The Cambridge History of Medicine

The Cambridge History of Medicine
Author: Roy Porter
Publsiher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 11
Release: 2006-06-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780521864268

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Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, 'The Cambridge History of Medicine' surveys the rise of medicine in the West from classical times to the present. Covering both the social and scientific history of medicine, this volume traces the chronology of key developments and events.

The Western Way of War

The Western Way of War
Author: Victor Davis Hanson
Publsiher: Knopf
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2013-05-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780307831552

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The Greeks of the classical age invented not only the central idea of Western politics--that the power of state should be guided by a majority of its citizens--but also the central act of Western warfare, the decisive infantry battle. Instead of ambush, skirmish, maneuver, or combat between individual heroes, the Greeks of the fifth century b.c. devised a ferocious, brief, and destructive head-on clash between armed men of all ages. In this bold, original study, Victor Davis Hanson shows how this brutal enterprise was dedicated to the same outcome as consensual government--an unequivocal, instant resolution to dispute. The Western Way of War draws from an extraordinary range of sources--Greek poetry, drama, and vase painting, as well as historical records--to describe what actually took place on the battlefield. It is the first study to explore the actual mechanics of classical Greek battle from the vantage point of the infantryman--the brutal spear-thrusting, the difficulty of fighting in heavy bronze armor which made it hard to see, hear and move, and the fear. Hanson also discusses the physical condition and age of the men, weaponry, wounds, and morale. This compelling account of what happened on the killing fields of the ancient Greeks ultimately shows that their style of armament and battle was contrived to minimize time and life lost by making the battle experience as decisive and appalling as possible. Linking this new style of fighting to the rise of constitutional government, Hanson raises new issues and questions old assumptions about the history of war.