The Dark Path: Structure Of War And Rise West Williamson Murray Yale University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

From An Esteemed Military Historian A Sweeping History Of The Revolutions In War-Fighting That Have Shaped Modern World Heraclitus Wrote “War Is Father All ” And It Has Formed Much Although Fundamental Nature War Not Altered Over Centuries Constant Change Innovation Adaptation Repeatedly Reshaped How Wars Are Fought West Practice Cannot Be Separated Larger Social Developments Areas Like Logistics Finance Economics Culture Organizations Dark Path Williamson Murray Argues Warfare Hinged On Five Which Both Reflected Political Economic Conditions Produced Them Turn Influenced Those Evolved These Key Turning Points Advent State Bureaucracies Professional Militaries Industrial Revolution Financial Means To Sustain Equip Large Armies French Provided Ideological Basis Needed Through Continent-Sized Merging U S Civil Accelerating Integration Technological Advancement Capacity Ideology Government Unleashed For Total Ambitious Work Synthesis This Book Shows Continually Re-Creates War—And Σελίδες: 488 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0310 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm