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A Short History of War (Paperback)
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A Short History of War (Paperback)
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List price R375
Loot Price R300
Discovery Miles 3 000
You Save R75 (20%)
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An engaging, accessible introduction to war, from ancient times to
the present and into the future "Forty short chapters . . .
describe war from the ancient world to the present day. . . . A
Short History of War offers an expansive and often evocative
account of great causes that are never lost or won."-Crawford
Gribben, Wall Street Journal Throughout history, warfare has
transformed social, political, cultural, and religious aspects of
our lives. We tell tales of wars-past, present, and future-to
create and reinforce a common purpose. In this engaging overview,
Jeremy Black examines war as a global phenomenon, looking at the
First and Second World Wars as well as those ranging from Han China
and Assyria, Imperial Rome, and Napoleonic France to Vietnam and
Afghanistan. Black explores too the significance of warfare more
broadly and the ways in which cultural understandings of conflict
have lasting consequences in societies across the world. Weaponry,
Black argues, has had a fundamental impact on modes of war: it
created war in the air and transformed it at sea. Today, as
twentieth-century weapons are challenged by drones and robotics,
Black examines what the future of warfare looks like.
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