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02699aam a22004098i 4500 001 E0E041E0047611EB89AE83802EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20201002011536 008 191016s2020 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019047456 020 $a 1316632768 020 $a 9781316632765 020 $a 1107181593 020 $a 9781107181595 035 $a (OCoLC)1124776536 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a U27 C26 2020 245 04 $a The Cambridge History of Warfare / $c edited by Geoffrey Parker, The Ohio State University. 250 $a New edition. 263 $a 2006 264 1 $a [New York] : $b Cambridge University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a 1 volume : $b maps 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "Western nations - led by the United States - currently hold a strong advantage in almost all military confrontations. How did the 'Western way of war' become so dominant? This book, written by a team of eight distinguished military historians, provides an answer that runs from the origins in Classical Greece and Rome, through the Middle Ages (when enemies of the West almost triumphed) and the early modern period (when the West used military force to carve out extensive new territories, first in the Americas and Siberia and then around the coasts of Asia and Africa), down to the wars of the twenty-first century in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. The book stresses five essential aspects of the Western way of war: a combination of technology, discipline, and an aggressive military tradition with an extraordinary capacity to respond rapidly to challenges and to use capital rather than manpower to win. Although the focus throughout this book remains on the West, and on the role of violence in its rise, each chapter also examines the military effectiveness of its adversaries and the regions in which the West's military edge has been - and continues to be - challenged."-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Military art and science $x History. 650 0 $a War and society. 650 0 $a War $x Economic aspects. 650 0 $a Civilization, Western. 700 1 $a Parker, Geoffrey, $d 1943- $e editor. 775 08 $i Revision of: $t Cambridge history of warfare $w (DLC) 2005006444 $w (DLC) 2005006444 776 08 $i Online version: $t The Cambridge history of warfare $b New edition. $d [New York ] : Cambridge University Press, 2020 $z 9781316855089 $w (DLC) 2019047457 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317021115.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210903015723.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E0E041E0047611EB89AE83802EECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search