Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792-1914Psychology Press, 2000 - 246 páginas Combining original research with the latest scholarship Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792 - 1914 examines war and its aftermath from Napoleonic times to the outbreak of the First World War. Throughout, this fine book treats warfare as a social and political phenomenon no less than a military and technologial one, and includes discussions on: * The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars For anyone studying, or with in interest in European warfare, this book details the evolution of land and naval warfare and highlights the swirling interplay of society, politics and military decision making. |
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Napoleon and the road to Waterloo | 1 |
Restoration and revolution 181549 | 23 |
Napoleon III and the militarization of Europe 184866 | 45 |
The rise of Prussia and Italy 18616 | 73 |
The FrancoPrussian War of 18701 | 100 |
New weapons and the new imperialism 18771905 | 124 |
Sea power and popular navalism 18901914 | 160 |
the deadly spiral 191114 | 188 |
The outbreak of World War I in 1914 | 212 |
Bibliography | 226 |