Western Warfare, 1775-1882

ISBN-13: 9781902683294 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 224 str.

Opis

This work looks at the subject of western warfare, covering the period from the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War to the last of the European conflicts in Egypt and Tunis before the descent into world war in 1914.

Spis treści

Preface Introduction 1. Western Warfare in its Global Context, 1775-1815 2. Two Episodes of Modernity? The American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars 3. Napoleon and His Opponents 4. Naval Power and Warfare 5. The Global Context, 1815-82 6. After Waterloo: Conflict Within the West, 1815-60 7. Conflict Within the West, 1861-82 8. Social and Political Contexts 9. Conclusions: Revisiting Modernity Notes Select Bibliography Index

O autorze

Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter.