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Military Governors and Imperial Frontiers c. 1600-1800
A Study of Scotland and Empires
Av Andrew Mackillop, Steve Murdoch
Inbunden, 2003
2123 kr
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This volume examines Scotland's experience of and reaction to European expansion between c. 1600-1800. Although Scotland lacked an independent empire in the seventeenth century, it gained unfettered access to the global empire of England after 1707. The volume argues that, beneath this seemingly …
Neptune and the Netherlands
State, Economy, and War at Sea in the Renaissance
Inbunden, 2004
3693 kr
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This book investigates how the rulers of the Habsburg world empire developed and implemented a central maritime policy for the Netherlands and appointed an admiral of the sea or admiral-general for that purpose. It also explains why the Habsburgs were eventually unable to gain control of the …
Russo-Japanese War in Global Perspective
World War Zero, Volume I
Av John Steinberg, Bruce Menning m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
3655 kr
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This volume examines the Russo-Japanese War in its military, diplomatic, social, political, economic, and cultural context. Through the use of research from newly opened Russian and little used Japanese sources the editors assert that the Russo-Japanese War was, in fact, World War Zero, the first …
Warfare and Belligerence
Perspectives in First World War Studies
Inbunden, 2005
3210 kr
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The essays collected here suggest some of the ways in which an interdisciplinary perspective may contribute to our understanding of the Great War. Contributors examine the relationship between the character of the war and the nature of belligerent societies, and present original research on the …
Muslim Military Architecture in Greater Syria
From the Coming of Islam to the Ottoman Period
Av Hugh Kennedy
Inbunden, 2005
3627 kr
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Crusader castles have been the subject of academic study for well over a century but the castles constructed by Muslim powers in greater Syria have been comparatively neglected. This series of studies looks at key developments and monuments in the history of Muslim military architecture in Syria …
Italy and the European Powers
The Impact of War, 1500-1530
Inbunden, 2006
3247 kr
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This is a pioneering examination of the impact of the crucial central phase of the Italian Wars on the society, politics and culture of Italy, and how the experience of these campaigns and their consequences affected the combatants and the way they saw Italy and the Italians. The essays cover a …
Russo-Japanese War in Global Perspective
World War Zero, Volume II
Av John Steinberg, David Wolff m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
4204 kr
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Like Volume one, Volume two of The Russo-Japanese War in Global Perspective examines the Russo-Japanese War in its military, diplomatic, social, political, and cultural context. In this volume East Asian contributors focus on the Asian side of the war to flesh out the assertion that the …
Jeune École
The Strategy of the Weak
Av Arne Røksund
Inbunden, 2007
2620 kr
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Anglo-American theoreticians have to a large extent dominated the formulation and study of modern naval strategy in Western countries. This Anglo-American dominance has resulted in a focus on how the superior power should exploit its superiority in order to realize its strategic objectives. The …
Henry II
A Medieval Soldier at War, 1147–1189
Av John Hosler
Inbunden, 2007
2539 kr
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There are no book-length studies in any language on the military career of King Henry II of England (1154-1189). Historians have generally regarded his warfare as cautious and limited, and the king himself, while noted for his considerable political and legal accomplishments, is not considered one …
Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology, Update 2003-2006
Inbunden, 2008
3345 kr
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This is the second update of A Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology, which appeared in 2002. It is meant to do two things: to present references to works on medieval military history and technology not included in the first two volumes; and to present references to …
Mercenaries and Paid Men
The Mercenary Identity in the Middle Ages
Av John France
Inbunden, 2008
2620 kr
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Mercenaries have always had a poor press. Theirs is one of the world's oldest professions, but the very word has profoundly negative connotations of infidelity and ruthlessness. But were they so different from soldiers? Why, in any case, were they so omnipresent in the warfare of the medieval and …
British Popular Culture and the First World War
Inbunden, 2008
2738 kr
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Much of the scholarship examining British culture of the First World War focusses on the 'high' culture of a limited number of novels, memoirs, plays and works of art, and the cultural reaction to them. This collection, by focussing on the cultural forms produced by and for a much wider range of …
Untold War
New Perspectives in First World War Studies
Av Heather Jones, Jennifer O'Brien m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
3439 kr
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Complex, brutal and challenging, the First World War continues to inspire dynamic research and debate. The third volume to emerge from the pioneering work of the International Society for First World War Studies, this collection of new essays reveals just how plural the conflict actually was – its …
Central Convent of Hospitallers and Templars
History, Organization, and Personnel (1099/1120-1310)
Inbunden, 2008
4470 kr
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From their humble beginnings in Jerusalem as a late eleventh-century hospital and an early twelfth-century pilgrim escort, Hospitallers and Templars evolved into international military religious orders, engaged in numerous charitable, economic, and military pursuits. At the heart of each of these …
Complete Soldier
Military Books and Military Culture in Early Stuart England, 1603-1645
Inbunden, 2008
3721 kr
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The period 1603-1645 witnessed the publication of more than ninety books, manuals, and broadsheets dedicated to educating Englishmen in the military arts. Written with the intention of creating the “complete soldier”, this didactic literature provided gentlemen with the requisite knowledge to …
1917: Beyond the Western Front
Av Ian Beckett
Inbunden, 2008
2064 kr
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The growing military, political and socio-economic costs for all belligerents as the Great War entered its fourth year were increasingly evident, liberal democracies and authoritarian states alike having to remobilise public opinion for yet greater sacrifices. While the Western Front was facing …
Just Wars and Moral Victories
Surprise, Deception and the Normative Framework of European War in the Later Middle Ages
Inbunden, 2009
2620 kr
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While recognising the sophistication of the practice of medieval warfare, many people still have problems reconciling the widespread use of surprise and deception with the code of chivalric warfare. Was chivalry really just a meaningless veneer? If true, perhaps more perplexing are the many cases …
Soldiers and Settlers in Africa, 1850-1918
Inbunden, 2009
3425 kr
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The essays in this volume concentrate on imperial conflict. Until recently, most historians of empire have concerned themselves with economic issues. More recently, scholarship has turned to social and cultural aspects of Empire. The role of the military, however, continues to be largely ignored. …
May 1940
The Battle for the Netherlands
Inbunden, 2010
2284 kr
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In May 1940, the Netherlands were overrun by German armed forces. The five-day campaign might seem to be a prime example of Blitzkrieg, which led shortly afterwards to the rapid and unexpected overthrow of France. This book, based on the newest scholarly research, argues that this is too simple a …
Indian Army in the Two World Wars
Inbunden, 2011
4017 kr
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There is no single volume which covers the Indian Army’s experiences during the two World Wars. And this is what the present edited volume attempts to do. This collection of 17 essays analyze the army as an institution and also touch upon the cultural ethos of the army and related social issues. …
Terror of the Seas?
Scottish Maritime Warfare, 1513-1713
Inbunden, 2010
3479 kr
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This important new book provides the first detailed and clear analysis of the Scots involvement in naval warfare during the early modern period. The lazy use by both contemporaries and some modern authors of the word ‘piracy’ as a catch-all for all sorts of maritime activity obscures a complex …
Soldiering for God
Christianity and the Roman Army
Inbunden, 2010
3962 kr
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This new study argues that the religious attitude of the Roman army was a crucial factor in the Christianization of the Roman world. Specifically, by the end of the third century, there was a significant Christian presence within the army which was ready to act in the interests of the faith. …
First Forts
Essays on the Archaeology of Proto-colonial Fortifications
Inbunden, 2010
2928 kr
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Proto-colonial archaeology explores the physical origins of the world culture that evolved out of contacts made in the Age of Exploration, from Columbus to Cromwell. The early defended sites show how colonizing Europeans first responded to the challenges of new environments and new peoples, and how …
Aftermaths of War
Women's Movements and Female Activists, 1918-1923
Av Ingrid Sharp, Matthew Stibbe
Inbunden, 2011
3103 kr
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Much of the recent literature on cultural demobilisation or remobilisation after the First World War has focused on men and masculinity. By contrast, this interdisciplinary volume of essays sets out to examine the importance of women’s movements and individual female activists to the shaping of …
Finding Common Ground
New Directions in First World War Studies
Inbunden, 2010
3103 kr
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Representing the best of cutting-edge scholarship in First World War studies, this anthology demonstrates the possibity of finding common ground in how cultural, social, and military historians study the war. Essays focus on the decisions of commanders, inter-allied negotiations, trench culture, …
Rearming Germany
Inbunden, 2011
2931 kr
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This book is intended to serve as an advanced course text for students studying the Cold War. The rearmament of both Germanies in the late 1940s-early 1950s was one of the defining moments of the Cold War. The question of rearming Germany became one of the most difficult questions faced by the …
Small Powers in the Age of Total War, 1900-1940
Av Herman Amersfoort, Wim Klinkert
Inbunden, 2011
3157 kr
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Usually it is a foreign military threat or the geopolitical position of a country that attracts the most attention as a factor to explain the emergence of the national security policies of small, neutral powers like the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway and Switzerland in the period 1900-1940. …
Henry VIII and Francis I
The Final Conflict, 1540-47
Inbunden, 2011
4338 kr
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The aim of this book is to explore the neglected subject of the final war between France and England at the end of Henry VIII’s and Francis I’s reigns. The relationship between these two monarchs has long fascinated historians and serious work has been done in the last generation, especially on the …
Warfare in Late Byzantium, 1204-1453
Inbunden, 2011
2593 kr
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This book examines Byzantine attitudes towards warfare at a time of crisis when the empire ceased to be a first rate power in the Mediterranean. It investigates the correspondence between official rhetoric and propaganda, on the one hand, and military realities, on the other. It explores the …
Arms and the Man
Military History Essays in Honor of Dennis Showalter
Inbunden, 2011
2673 kr
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These essays honor Dennis Showalter, a pioneer in the field of military history and a mentor to an entire generation of scholars. The essays themselves are written by some of the best-known and most highly-respected scholars in the field. They span the globe and cover a wide range of military …
