xii, 354 pages : 25 cm

Provides an account of the historical development of war since the European Renaissance; provides overviews of some of the vital dimensions which have created the characteristic modern structure of war; and addresses the question of whether the modern form of war will endure in the twenty-first century

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-321) and index

Introduction : the shape of modern war / Charles Townshend -- The military revolution I : the transition to modern warfare / John Childs -- The military revolution II : eighteenth-century war / Jeremy Black -- The nation in arms I : the French wars / Alan Forrest -- The nation in arms II : the nineteenth century / David French -- Imperial wars : from the Seven Years War to the First World War / Douglas Porch -- Total war I : the great war / John Bourne -- Total war II : the Second World War / Richard Overy -- Cold war / Philip Towle -- People's war / Charles Townshend -- Technology and war I : to 1945 / Martin van Creveld -- Battle : the experience of modern combat / Richard Holmes -- Sea warfare / John B. Hattendorf -- Air warfare / Richard Overy -- War and the people : the social impact of total war / Mark Roseman -- Women and war / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Against war / Adam Roberts -- Technology and war II : postmodern war? / Martin van Creveld

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