War, Economy and the Military Mind

ISBN-13: 9780367616434 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 142 str.

Geoffrey Best; Andrew Wheatcroft

Opis

Originally published in 1976, this book explores the relationship between European society and the military institutions it fostered from 1815–1918. In the period from the fall of Napoleonic imperialism to the outbreak of the First World War armies and navies grew in complexity, cost and size.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.  Introduction.  Part 1  1. Regimental Ideology John Keegan  2. Pre-revolutionary Army Life in Russian Literature Richard Luckett  3. Making an Army Revolutionary: France 1815-48 Douglas Porch  4. Technology and the Military Mind: Austria 1866-1914 Andrew Wheatcroft  Part 2  5. Naval Armaments and Social Crisis: Germany Before 1914 Volker Berghahn  6. The British Armaments Industry 1890-1914: False Legend and True Utility Clive Trebilcock  7. Organising an Economy for War: the Russian Shell Shortage 1914-17 Norman Stone  8. How Right is Might? Some Aspects of the International Debate about How to Fight Wars and How to Win Them, 1870-1918 Geoffrey Best.  Notes on Contributors.

O autorze

Geoffrey Best, Andrew Wheatcroft