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Title: Warfare in the Western World : Vol. 1 by Robert Doughty, Ira Gruber, Roy Flint, John Lynn, Williamson Murray, Mark Grimsley, George Herring, Donald Horward ISBN: 0-669-20939-2 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 01 January, 1900 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $66.36 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: according to a military history student..
Comment: This book (and its second volume: Military Operations since 1871) are both required texts for my Military History class. Most students claim to only rapidly skim required reading for classes, but I've managed to read everything so far (if that tells you anything). As far as material is concerned, this text is both wide-ranging and thourough, describing the invention and development of military techniques as well as discussing the society and government of the time, and how all these factors influence eachother. Highlighted areas include the Thirty Years War and the development of limited war, and the progression though the Napoleonic Wars to almost complete total war during the War Between the States. This book does an excellent job in tying all these early battles together and showing the overall development of warfare. However, if you are interested in nitty-gritty facts on Waterloo or Gettysburg, find a book specific to that battle instead of the sweeping panoramic view this book provides.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Survey of Western "Military Art"
Comment: This book is the result of the collaboration of a number of the best military historians in the US today, including Mark Grimsley, George Herring, John Lynn, and many others, skilfully tied together by the editors (who are also major contributors), Professor Ira Gruber of Rice University and Colonel Robert A. Doughty of West Point. The result is an outstanding survey of modern Western military history designed for undergraduate history courses, but easily accessible to the general reader as well. The prose is exceptionally clear and the ideas lucidly presented. These two volumes are definitely focussed on the operational level of the "military art" (i.e. on the planning and conduct of campaigns), with some treatment also of strategy, tactics, and technology, but very litte material on "war and society" subjects (i.e. how wars and military developments have affected society and vice-versa). This makes it especially useful for ROTC military history classes, but it is also a very good introduction to the "sharp end" of military history for scholars or students whose main interests lie in the effects of war, rather than its conduct.
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Title: The Face of Battle by John Keegan ISBN: 0140048979 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: July, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Major Problems in American Military History : Documents and Essays by Thomas Paterson, John Chambers, G. Kurt Piehler ISBN: 066933538X Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 01 January, 1900 List Price(USD): $41.96 |
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Title: Vol. 2: Military Operations Since 1871 : Volume of ...Doughty-Warfare in the Western World by Ira Gruber, Robert Doughty, Donald Horward, John Lynn, Williamson Murray, Roy Flint, Mark Grimsley, George Herring ISBN: 0669209406 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 01 January, 1900 List Price(USD): $66.36 |
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