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Waging War: Conflict, Culture, and Innovation in World History

By Wayne E. Lee

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2016
ISBN
0199797455, 9780199797455
LCC
U27.L44 2015
Open Library ID
OL27517808M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
40 MB (41548490 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
564\564
Library
Internet Archive
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2024-11-15 06:00:12

Description

Waging War: Conflict, Culture, and Innovation in World History provides a wide-ranging examination of war in human history, from the beginning of the species until the current rise of the so-called Islamic State. Although it covers many societies throughout time, the book does not attempt to tell all stories from all places, nor does it try to narrate "important" conflicts. Instead, author Wayne E. Lee describes the emergence of military innovations and systems, examining how they were created and then how they moved or affected other societies. These innovations are central to most historical narratives, including the development of social complexity, the rise of the state, the role of the steppe horseman, the spread of gunpowder, the rise of the west, the bureaucratization of military institutions, the industrial revolution and the rise of firepower, strategic bombing and nuclear weapons, and the creation of "people's war."

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