Patterns snce eighteenth century (1 risultati)

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Shelf wear and small tear to edges of D/J. Starting with the emergence of national warfare during the American and french tevolutions and the Napoleonic wars ( a shift from the patter of dynastic wars that dominated the previous three hundred years), and carrying the story through to the recent British and Argeninian war over the Falklands Islands, the author provides a comprehensive picture, tracing the evolution of land, sea, air, colonia, and guerrila warfare. In each chapter the author vividly details and analyzes the campaigns, the strategic and tactical discussions, the services and the battalions, the types of weapons and their capabilities. Written with the student of modern and military history in mind - both undergraduate and graduate - this book will appeal to students of international relations as well. Illustrated. 318 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).…