TY  - BOOK
AU  - Black,Jeremy
TI  - Warfare in the Western world, 1882-1975
SN  - 9781844653324
AV  - U42 .B53 2002eb
U1  - 355/.009/04 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Chesham [U.K.]
PB  - Acumen
KW  - Military art and science
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Military history, Modern
KW  - Art et science militaires
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - 19e siècle
KW  - Histoire militaire
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Military
KW  - Other
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
KW  - Military Science
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-240) and index; Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 From Egypt to Ethiopia: Western Expansionism, 1882-1936; 2 The West, 1882-1913; 3 World War One, 1914-18; 4 The Inter-war Years; 5 World War Two; 6 Naval Power and Warfare; 7 Air Power and Warfare; 8 The Retreat from Empire: Singapore to Mozambique, 1942-75; 9 Military Power in the West, 1946-1975; 10 Social and Political Contexts; 11 Conclusions; Notes; Selected Further Reading; Index
N2  - In this companion volume to ""Western Warfare, 1775-1882,"" Jeremy Black takes his analysis of modern warfare into the twentieth century. As before, a distinctive feature of the author's approach is the coverage of both land and naval warfare as well as conflict within the West and between Western and non-Western powers. Beginning with the British conquest of Egypt in 1882, this book goes on to examine the Spanish-American War of 1898, the Boer War and the Balkan conflicts leading to world war in 1914. A revisionist account of the First World War is followed by a discussion of Western expansio
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