Warfare in the Western World, 1882–1975
Title | Warfare in the Western World, 1882–1975 |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2002 |
Authors | Black, Jeremy |
Number of Pages | 243 |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
City | Bloomington |
Abstract | In this companion volume to Western Warfare, 1775–1882, Jeremy Black takes his analysis of modern warfare into the 20th century. A distinctive feature of the author’s approach is the coverage of both land and naval warfare as well as conflict within the West and between Western and non-Western powers. Beginning with the British conquest of Egypt in 1882, Black goes on to examine the Spanish-American War of 1898, the Boer War, and the Balkan conflicts leading to world war in 1914. A revisionist account of the First World War is followed by a discussion of Western expansionism in the period to 1936. Chapters on the interwar years and the Second World War lead to a discussion of the retreat from empire and the advent of the Cold War. The narrative closes with the end of the Vietnam War in 1975 and a discussion of the limitations of Western military technique, doctrine, and technology. |
URL | https://www.routledge.com/Warfare-in-the-Western-World-1882-1975/Black/p/book/9781902683447 |
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Major Wars:
- -Spanish–American War (1898)
- -Boer/South African War (1899-1902)
- Balkan Wars (1912-13)
- First World War (1914-19)
- Wars of Colonization/Imperial Wars (1920s-1940s)
- Second World War (1939-45)
- Anticolonial Struggles and Post-conflicts (1940s-1990s)
- Global Cold War (1947-91)
- --First and Second Indochina Wars/Vietnam War (1946-75)
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