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- 1048pagine
- 37 ore di lettura
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From the Trojan War to World War II and beyond, this comprehensive reference work features contributions from over 150 international experts, offering insights into war's complex history. With 1,300 alphabetically arranged entries, it covers a vast array of topics related to warfare from ancient times to the modern era, including the social, political, technological, and economic contexts of major conflicts. Biographical profiles highlight influential military leaders, theorists, and inventors, such as Napoleon, Caesar, Eisenhower, von Clausewitz, and Sun Tzu. The entries delve into weapons and equipment, wars, campaigns, battles, strategy, tactics, espionage, propaganda, logistics, fortifications, and military life, literature, and medicine. Additionally, the work explores diverse subjects like animals in war, pacifism, and venereal disease. Enhanced by 75 specially commissioned maps, 20 in-text line diagrams, extensive cross-referencing, and guides for further reading, this reference provides thorough coverage of land warfare in Europe and North America, as well as significant entries on air and naval warfare throughout history, establishing itself as an authoritative source on military history.
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The Oxford Companion to Military History, Richard Holmes
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2001
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- Titolo
- The Oxford Companion to Military History
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Richard Holmes
- Editore
- Oxford University Press
- Pubblicato
- 2001
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Pagine
- 1048
- ISBN10
- 0198662092
- ISBN13
- 9780198662099
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Tema stórico, Storia, Tecnologia & Ingegneria, Dizionari Linguistici e Libri di Testo, Manuali e guide, Storia Militare, Prosa di guerra, Guerre, Forze armate, Tecnologia, Dizionari, Strategia
- Descrizione
- From the Trojan War to World War II and beyond, this comprehensive reference work features contributions from over 150 international experts, offering insights into war's complex history. With 1,300 alphabetically arranged entries, it covers a vast array of topics related to warfare from ancient times to the modern era, including the social, political, technological, and economic contexts of major conflicts. Biographical profiles highlight influential military leaders, theorists, and inventors, such as Napoleon, Caesar, Eisenhower, von Clausewitz, and Sun Tzu. The entries delve into weapons and equipment, wars, campaigns, battles, strategy, tactics, espionage, propaganda, logistics, fortifications, and military life, literature, and medicine. Additionally, the work explores diverse subjects like animals in war, pacifism, and venereal disease. Enhanced by 75 specially commissioned maps, 20 in-text line diagrams, extensive cross-referencing, and guides for further reading, this reference provides thorough coverage of land warfare in Europe and North America, as well as significant entries on air and naval warfare throughout history, establishing itself as an authoritative source on military history.