What is military history? /
"The third edition of What is Military History? has been thoroughly updated, and includes a new bibliography and new case studies on naval warfare and the origins of war, as well as expanded sections on historiography, environmental history and world history. This popular textbook showcases a f...
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Polity Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
Publication Dates: | [2018] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 3rd edition. |
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What is history? |
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"The third edition of What is Military History? has been thoroughly updated, and includes a new bibliography and new case studies on naval warfare and the origins of war, as well as expanded sections on historiography, environmental history and world history. This popular textbook showcases a field that encompasses not only accounts of campaigns and battles, but includes a wide range of perspectives on all aspects of past military organization and activity. Its global and comparative analysis covers: the history of military history, showing how it has developed from ancient times to the present; the key ideas and concepts that shape analysis of military activity; the current controversies about which military historians argue, and why they are important; a survey of who does military history, where it is taught and published, and how it is practiced; and a look at where military history is headed in the future. Ideal for any interested reader and for classes in military history and in historiography generally, the third edition of this popular book thoroughly explains the dynamics of this rich and growing area of study"-- |
Carrier Form: | viii, 183 pages ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781509517602 150951760X 9781509517619 1509517618 9781509517640 1509517642 9781509517633 1509517634 |
Index Number: | D25 |
CLC: | E19 |
Call Number: | E19/M857/3rd ed. |
Contents: | An Introduction to Military History -- Military Historiography -- Conceptual Frameworks -- Current Controversies -- Doing Military History -- The Future of Military History. |