Conventional and Unconventional War
A History of Conflict in the Modern World
1st Edition
Published on 13. February 2017
384 pages
978-1-4408-2834-8 (ISBN)
Description
This volume offers a comprehensive history of warfare since 1648, covering conventional and unconventional operations and demonstrating how most modern wars have been hybrid affairs that involved both.
Military historian Thomas R. Mockaitis considers how epic struggles like the American Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the conflicts in the Middle East, among many others, shaped human history. The coverage serves to highlight four themes: the relationship between armed forces and the societies that create them, the impact of technology (not just armaments) on warfare, the role of ideas and attitudes toward violence in determining why and how wars are fought, and the relationship between conventional and unconventional operations.
The book also covers the advent and evolution of unconventional warfare, including counterinsurgency, the War on Terror, and current conflicts in the Middle East. It concludes with consideration of the forms armed conflict will take in the future. The book includes valuable excerpts from the writings of military thinkers such as Clausewitz and Sun Tzu, an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources, and supporting maps and diagrams.
Military historian Thomas R. Mockaitis considers how epic struggles like the American Civil War, World Wars I and II, and the conflicts in the Middle East, among many others, shaped human history. The coverage serves to highlight four themes: the relationship between armed forces and the societies that create them, the impact of technology (not just armaments) on warfare, the role of ideas and attitudes toward violence in determining why and how wars are fought, and the relationship between conventional and unconventional operations.
The book also covers the advent and evolution of unconventional warfare, including counterinsurgency, the War on Terror, and current conflicts in the Middle East. It concludes with consideration of the forms armed conflict will take in the future. The book includes valuable excerpts from the writings of military thinkers such as Clausewitz and Sun Tzu, an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources, and supporting maps and diagrams.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Illustrations
11 bw illus
ISBN-13
978-1-4408-2834-8 (9781440828348)
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02/2017
Praeger Publishers Inc
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Person
Thomas R. Mockaitis is professor of history at DePaul University, USA.
Content
Introduction
1. The Military Transformation of Early Modern Europe
2. An Era of Limited War
3. The Era of Revolutionary Wars: North America
4. French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars
5. Industrialization and the American Civil War
6. Prussian Military Reforms and the Wars of German Unification
7. The Long Peace
8. World War I
9. The Interwar Period
10. World War II in Europe
11. World War II in Asia
12. The Cold War: A New Era of Limited Conflicted?
13. Conflict in the Post-Cold War World
Conclusion: The New Security Environment and the Future of Warfare
Notes
Bibliography
Index
1. The Military Transformation of Early Modern Europe
2. An Era of Limited War
3. The Era of Revolutionary Wars: North America
4. French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars
5. Industrialization and the American Civil War
6. Prussian Military Reforms and the Wars of German Unification
7. The Long Peace
8. World War I
9. The Interwar Period
10. World War II in Europe
11. World War II in Asia
12. The Cold War: A New Era of Limited Conflicted?
13. Conflict in the Post-Cold War World
Conclusion: The New Security Environment and the Future of Warfare
Notes
Bibliography
Index
