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This is a comprehensive overview of the early modern military history of Portugal and its possessions in Africa, America, and Asia from the perspective of the Military Revolution historiographical debate. It is essential reading for military history, military architecture, global history, Asian history and the history of Iberian empires.

This is a comprehensive overview of the early modern military history of Portugal and its possessions in Africa, America, and Asia from the perspective of the Military Revolution historiographical debate. It is essential reading for military history, military architecture, global history, Asian history and the history of Iberian empires.

The range and extent of the Peloponnesian War of the fifth century BC has led to it being described as a "world war" in miniature. This narrative study of the war looks at the fundamental questions of warfare raised by the conflict. It concentrates on the fighting examining the way in which strategy and tactics developed as the conflict spread.

Based on a vast range of primary sources from Europe and India, this thorough study explores the wider geo-political, cultural and institutional context of the Mughal military.

This work examines the nature of zantine warfare and its relationship with society at large.

"Looks at modern conflicts between 1990 and 2014 from a historical perspective. Argues that understanding non-Western developments is crucial if the potential of Western war-making is to be assessed accurately"--

This work blends anthropology and military history in its examination of the frontier warfare of the European invasion of North America.

This work examines the nature of Byzantine warfare and its relationship with society at large.

An examination of a period of warfare much overshadowed by the Civil War, which reveals why, in spite of the absolutist pretensions of the monarchy, a militarist state failed to develop in the 84 years before Edgehill.

This study of the Roman army provides an important aid to understanding the Roman Empire in economic, social and political terms. Employing numerous examples, Brian Campbell explores the development of the Roman army and the expansion of the Roman Empire from 31 BC to 280 AD.

An up-to-date and concise account of WWI for teachers and students looking for a balanced introduction. It details both the military operations as well as the development of war aims, alliance diplomacy and the war on the home front.

The 20th century was by far the world's most destructive century with two global wars marking its first half and the constant fear of nuclear annihilation haunting the second. Examining warfare in Europe from the Fashoda conflict to the Iraqi conflict, this text treats warfare as a function of larger political, cultural, social and economic issues.

This is the first general work to place the soviet army into its true social, political and international contexts. It focuses on the aim to create a new type of army that both protected the people and propogated Marxist ideas worldwide.

A survey of Chinese warfare, both internal and international, from the opium wars of the 1840s through to the end of Vietnam.

The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw many ambitious European rulers develop permanent armies and navies. Jan Glete examines this military change as a central part of the political, social and economic transformation of early modern Europe

The first survey of medieval Chinese military History to be published in English, this gripping book shows how China's history has been shaped by war.

Presents a global approach to eighteenth century warfare. This work offers a comparative approach, in the sense of considering Western developments. It also places its emphasis on conflict between Western and non-western powers.

Provides an introduction to the American Civil War from the perspective of military personnel and civilians who participated in the conflict. This work talks about the war, its many battles, and those who fought them - male and female, black and white. It is aimed at general readers and students of American history.

Provides an insight into the emergence of Russia as a great power.

The first major study of the relationship between army and society in the early Islamic period, which reveals the pivotal role of the military in politics and offers a timely reassessment of the early Islamic State.

The onset of the Italian Wars in 1494 provides the starting point for this impressive survey of European Warfare in early modern Europe. This sharp and compact analysis will interest anyone studying this period of military history

Connecting the strategic and tactical levels of war with political actions and reactions, The Irish and British Wars, 1637-1654 is an accessible and well-documented study of the wars of Britain and Ireland in the mid 17th century.

Beautifully illustrated, with maps of the region and drawing on an extensive range of textual, artistic and archaeological data, this is the only book that covers ancient Near Eastern military history from the Neolithic era to the middle Bronze Ages.

Drawing on anthropology and ethnohistory as well as the 'military history', this book interprets and compares the way Indians and European Americans waged wars in Canada, Mexico, the USA and Yucatan, during the 19th century. It is a contribution to the study of military history, and an addition to the understanding of colonialism.

How were medieval navies organised, and how did powerful rulers use them? This fascinating account brings vividly to life the dangers and difficulties of medieval seafaring.