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- catalog abstract "This engrossing anthology gathers together a remarkable collection of writings on the use of strategy in war. Gérard Chaliand has ranged over the whole of human history in assembling this collection - the result is an integration of the annals of military thought that provides a learned framework for understanding global political history. Included are writings from ancient and modern Europe, China, Byzantium, the Arab world, Persia, and the Ottoman Empire. Alongside well-known militarists such as Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Walter Raleigh, Rommel, and many others are "irregulars" such as Cortés, Lawrence of Arabia, and even Gandhi. Contrary to standard interpretations stressing competition between land and sea powers, or among rival Christian societies, Chaliand shows the great importance of the struggles between nomadic and sedentary peoples, and of the conflicts between Christianity and Islam. With the invention of firepower, a relatively recent occurrence in the history of warfare, modes of organization and strategic concepts - elements reflecting the nature of a society - have been key to how war is waged.".
- catalog alternative "Anthologie mondiale de la stratégie. English".
- catalog contributor b6499355.
- catalog created "[c1994]".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "[c1994]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[c1994]".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "The ancient Near East -- Greece and Rome -- China -- India -- Byzantium -- The Arab world -- Persia -- The Ottoman empire -- Mongolia and central Asia -- Limited wars in the west -- The age of total wars -- The nuclear era.".
- catalog description "This engrossing anthology gathers together a remarkable collection of writings on the use of strategy in war. Gérard Chaliand has ranged over the whole of human history in assembling this collection - the result is an integration of the annals of military thought that provides a learned framework for understanding global political history. Included are writings from ancient and modern Europe, China, Byzantium, the Arab world, Persia, and the Ottoman Empire. Alongside well-known militarists such as Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Walter Raleigh, Rommel, and many others are "irregulars" such as Cortés, Lawrence of Arabia, and even Gandhi. Contrary to standard interpretations stressing competition between land and sea powers, or among rival Christian societies, Chaliand shows the great importance of the struggles between nomadic and sedentary peoples, and of the conflicts between Christianity and Islam. With the invention of firepower, a relatively recent occurrence in the history of warfare, modes of organization and strategic concepts - elements reflecting the nature of a society - have been key to how war is waged.".
- catalog extent "xxix, 1072 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0520079639 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0520079647 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "[c1994]".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
- catalog subject "355/.009 20".
- catalog subject "Military art and science History.".
- catalog subject "Military history.".
- catalog subject "U27 .A6713 1994".
- catalog tableOfContents "The ancient Near East -- Greece and Rome -- China -- India -- Byzantium -- The Arab world -- Persia -- The Ottoman empire -- Mongolia and central Asia -- Limited wars in the west -- The age of total wars -- The nuclear era.".
- catalog title "The art of war in world history : from antiquity to the nuclear age / [compiled by] Gérard Chaliand.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".