Michael W. Charney – författare

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.

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.

The term ''transnationalism'' has gained considerable academic and popular currency despite a lack of clear definitions, in part because its overall form changes as its influence incorporates additional spheres of daily life on a variety of scales and contexts.

The purpose of this volume is to bring together different perspectives on this phenomenon, using case studies that represent some of the most current thinking on ''transnationalism'' in a wide range of disciplines. Central themes which this book explores include legal and economic reactions to transnational migration; the (re)negotiation of identities in the context of changing national, social and cultural identities; and the emergence of new imaginings of home and social space in transnational communities. Approaching Transnationalisms: Studies on Transnational Societies, Multicultural Contacts and Imaginings of Home foregrounds powerful transnational forces crossing the boundaries of nation-states, and at the same time, gives attention to the continued significance of the nation-state and the diversity of localized reactions to transnational challenges.