Routledge Handbook of the Global History of Warfare
Routledge Handbook of the Global History of Warfare
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1138345385 | 554 Pages | PDF (True) | 21 MB
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1138345385 | 554 Pages | PDF (True) | 21 MB
Although scholarship has long eschewed a chronological narrative of the evolution of warfare that privileges the Western experience, global histories of warfare have had difficulty avoiding an overemphasis on the West. The present volume is a collection of themes rather than a history per se; it provides important perspectives on the emergence of warfare as a global historical experience from the ancient past to the present day. Drawing together numerous experts, it tells a broader, more inclusive story of the global, human experience with wars and warfare. The 35 cahtpers are organised in eight thematic parts: