The Oxford history of modern war / History of modern war edited by Charles Townshend. - New updated ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2005. - xiii, 414 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-377) 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 : from nuclear stalemate to terrorism / Martin van Creveld.

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War--History.
War and society.
Military history, Modern.
Military art and science--History.
Guerre--Histoire.
Guerre et sociéte.
Histoire militaire moderne et contemporaine.

U 39 / O98 2005

355.00903