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About this book
While many books examine specific wars, few study the history of war worldwide and from an evolutionary perspective. A Global History of War is one of the first works to focus not on the impact of war on civilizations, but rather on how civilizations impact the art and execution of war. World-renowned scholar Gérard Chaliand concentrates on the peoples and cultures who have determined how war is conducted and reveals the lasting historical consequences of combat, offering a unique picture of the major geopolitical and civilizational clashes that have rocked our common history and made us who we are today. Chaliand's questions provoke a new understanding of the development of armed conflict. How did the foremost non-European empires rise and fall? What critical role did the nomads of the Eurasian steppes and their descendants play? Chaliand illuminates the military cultures and martial traditions of the great Eurasian empires, including Turkey, China, Iran, and Mongolia. Based on fifteen years of research, this book provides a novel military and strategic perspective on the crises and conflicts that have shaped the current world order.
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Publisher
University of California PressYear
2014Print ISBN
9780520283619
Edition
1eBook ISBN
9780520959439
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of maps
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Overview: War and History
- 2. The First Military Empire: The Assyrians
- 3. The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire
- 4. The Arabs
- 5. The Nomads of the Eurasian Steppes
- 6. The Seljuks, the Mamluks, and the Crusades
- 7. The Mongol Empire
- 8. Timur the Lame
- 9. The Ottomans
- 10. Safavid Persia
- 11. The Ming and Chinese Politico-Military Traditions
- 12. The Manchu and the End of the Nomads
- 13. The Mughals and Islam in India
- 14. Russia and the End of the Tatars
- 15. The Ascent of Europe
- 16. The Time of Revolutions
- 17. Guerrilla Warfare
- 18. From Total War to Asymmetrical Conflict
- 19. Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
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