A Global History of War (eBook)

From Assyria to the Twenty-First Century

Gérard Chaliand (Autor)

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2014
312 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-95943-9 (ISBN)

Infos

While many books examine specific wars, few study the history of war worldwide and from an evolutionary perspective. A Global History of War is one of the first works to focus not on the impact of war on civilizations, but rather on how civilizations impact the art and execution of war. World-renowned scholar Gérard Chaliand concentrates on the peoples and cultures who have determined how war is conducted and reveals the lasting historical consequences of combat, offering a unique picture of the major geopolitical and civilizational clashes that have rocked our common history and made us who we are today. Chaliand’s questions provoke a new understanding of the development of armed conflict. How did the foremost non-European empires rise and fall? What critical role did the nomads of the Eurasian steppes and their descendants play? Chaliand illuminates the military cultures and martial traditions of the great Eurasian empires, including Turkey, China, Iran, and Mongolia. Based on fifteen years of research, this book provides a novel military and strategic perspective on the crises and conflicts that have shaped the current world order.

Inhalt

List of maps  
Foreword by R. Bin Wong  
Preface
Introduction  
1. Overview: War and History  
2. The First Military Empire: The Assyrians  
3. The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire  
4. The Arabs  
5. The Nomads of the Eurasian Steppes  
6. The Seljuks, Mamluks, and the Crusades  
7. The Mongol Empire  
8. Timur the Lame  
9. The Ottomans  
10. Safavid Persia  
11. The Ming and Chinese Politico-Military Traditions  
12. The Manchu and the End of the Nomads  
13. The Mughals and Islam in India  
14. Russia and the End of the Tatars  
15. The Ascent of Europe  
16. The Time of Revolutions  
17. Guerrilla Warfare  
18. From Total War to Asymmetrical Conflict  
19. Conclusion  
Select Bibliography  
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.11.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Ancient history • ancient mesopotamia history • armed conflict • China • Civilization • combat • consequences of war • current world order • development of war tactics • Diplomacy • empires • eurasian cultures • eurasian empires • evolutionary perspective • execution of war • Fighting • geopolitical • global war • Historical • History • history of war • impact of war • international war • Iran • Men at war • military culture • military strategy history • Mongolia • Peace talks • Political • Retrospective • Turkey • war • warfare • war worldwide
• ISBN-10: 0-520-95943-4 / 0520959434
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-95943-9 / 9780520959439