The Cambridge History of War, Volume IV: War and the Modern World
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiii, 656pp. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Light shelfwear to dust jacket, with gentle rubbing to extremities. Bound in textured black paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Gentle bumping to tail of spine, else fine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A presentable first edition of this comprehensive, global history of war in the modern world, with attention to the social effects of war, to occupation, to memory and efforts to contain and humanize it, as well as to strategy and operations.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Volume IV of The Cambridge History of War offers a definitive new account of war in the most destructive period in human history. Opening with the massive conflicts that erupted in the mid nineteenth century in the US, Asia and Europe, leading historians trace the global evolution of warfare through 'the age of mass', 'the age of machine' and 'the age of management'. They explore how industrialization and nationalism fostered vast armies whilst the emergence of mobile warfare and improved communications systems made possible the 'total warfare' of the two World Wars. With military conflict regionalized after 1945 they show how guerrilla and asymmetrical warfare highlighted the limits of the machine and mass as well as the importance of the media in winning 'hearts and minds'. This is a comprehensive guide to every facet of modern war from strategy and operations to its social, cultural, technological and political contexts and legacies. (Publisher). Very good + / very good +. Item #17576
ISBN: 9780521875776
Price: $100.00