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Since the end of World War II a paradigm shift has occurred in armed conflict. Asymmetric, or fourth-generation warfareùthe challenge of nonstate belligerents to the authority and power of the stateùhas become the dominant form of conflict, while interstate conventional war has become an increasingly irrelevant instrument of statecraft. In asymmetric conflicts the enemy is often a fellow citizen with a different vision for the future of the countryùwaging war among the people, maneuvering on the borderlines between parliamentary politics, street politics, criminal activity, and combat operatio

Polemology --- Military history, Modern --- Asymmetric warfare --- Military art and science --- Modern military history

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In this brilliant history of warfare, Jeremy Black is the first to approach the entire modern era from a comprehensive global perspective. He provides a wide-ranging account of the nature, purpose, and experience of war over the past half-millennium and argues the importance of viewing the rise of European power within a wider international context. Investigating both land and sea warfare, Black examines weaponry, tactics, strategy, and resources as well as the political, social, and cultural impact of conflict.The book takes issue with established interpretations, not least those that emphasize technology, and challenges the view that European military and naval forces were dominant throughout the period. European mastery at sea did not always translate into equivalent success on land, says Black, and many non-European military systems-the Ottomans in their expansionist years, Babur and the Mughals in sixteenth-century India, and the Manchu in China in the following century, for example-were formidable in their own right. The author contends that in the nineteenth century, the focal period of Europe's military revolution, the international military balance shifted decisively. Black shows how military developments, combined with political, economic, and ideological shifts, influenced the nature and success of European imperialism. Linking debates on early modern history with those of more recent centuries, he offers a fundamental reexamination of the role of war in the progress of nations.

Military history, Modern. --- War and society --- History, Modern. --- Modern history --- World history, Modern --- World history --- Modern military history --- History. --- Europe

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This lucid account of military developments around the modern world begins with the American War of Independence and the French revolutionary Wars and continues chronologically to the latest conflicts in the 2000s. It combines global coverage with thought-provoking analysis dealing not only with the military aspects of conflict but also with the social, cultural, political and economic aspects and consequences of such conflict. By placing the familiar or known alongside the largely unknown, the reader is forced to reassess the standard grand narrative of military history that rests on assumptions of Western cultural and technological superiority. It will be essential reading for students in universities worldwide whether studying modern military history, modern world history, history and international relations or war and society. Specially designed to be user-friendly, Introduction to Military History offers: * chapter introductions and conclusions to assist study and revision * "voices of war" sourced extracts from the field of war * case studies in each chapter to support the narrative and provoke discussion * vivid engravings, plans, paintings and photos to bring the conflicts alive * a 12-page color map section plus 21 other integrated maps * annotated references from the latest publications in the field

Histoire militaire moderne --- Krijgsgeschiedenis [Moderne ] --- Military history [Modern ] --- Modern military history --- Moderne krijgsgeschiedenis --- Military history, Modern. --- Histoire militaire moderne et contemporaine

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The World of the Siege examines relations between the conduct and representations of early modern sieges. The volume offers case studies from various regions in Europe (England, France, the Low Countries, Germany, the Balkans) and throughout the world (the Chinese, Ottoman and Mughal Empires), from the 15th century into the 18th. The international contributors analyse how siege narratives were created and disseminated, and how early modern actors as well as later historians made sense of these violent events in both textual and visual artefacts. . The volume's chronological and geographical breadth provides insight into similarities and differences of siege warfare and military culture across several cultures, countries and centuries, as well as its impact on both combatants and observers.

Iconography --- Thematology --- World history --- Siege warfare --- Military history, Modern --- History --- Modern military history --- 355 <09> --- 355 <09> Militaire geschiedenis --- Militaire geschiedenis --- Military history, Modern. --- History.

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Military history --- War crimes --- Military history, Modern --- History & Archaeology --- History - General --- Military historiography --- Wars --- Historiography --- History --- Naval history --- Crime --- Modern military history