military twentieth revolution nineteenth

books:

The Art of War: War and Military Thought

12 reviews
Martin van Crevald

Cassell, 2002

VERY GOOD INTRODUCTION
This book by Van Creveld might disappoint his hard core followers. But not me, or the general public, to the broader audience for which it was intended. So here we have a very good description of the evolution of military theory and strategy. The basic outline of chinese military thought, of Onasander, Frontinus, Asclepiodotus and others from antiquity util the middle ages, puts things in ...

Anatomie de la bataille
John Keegan

Robert Laffont, 1993

100 OLDE TYME RECIPES
NONE

ROPER, 1974

INCLUDES SAUCES - SOUPS BREADS - FISH - STUFFINGS - VEGGIES - DESSERTS - CANDIES -- RECIPES INCLUDE OKEFENOKEE HUSH PUPPIES - VIRGINIA HAM BONE SOUP - BAYOU GUMBO - WILD RICE DRESSING - JAM CAKE - AND MANY MORE --

The American Civil War and the Wars of the Nineteenth Century
Brian Holden Reid, Brian Reid

Cassell, 2002

The Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in America's history, comprising 149 general engagements of importance and 2200 skirmishes. Trace the course of this seminal confrontation, including such factors as generalship, staff work, organization, intelligence, and logistics, to see how they affected the shape and decisions of the battlefield. Look closely at the strengths and weakness of the opposing sides--the North's industrial power and the ...

The American Civil War and the Wars of the Industrial Revolution (The History of Warfare)

2 reviews
Brian Holden Reid, John Keegan

Cassell, 1999

Actually a work about Modern Industrial Wars
Though the American Civil War is given top billing and forms the bulk of the book, it is one of three conflicts. First is discussed the Crimean War, which shows how little military science had advanced from the end of the Napoleonic era to 1854. The American Civil war is discussed in an admirable and brief fashion - important political concerns, emancipation proclomation, election of 1864, ...

Atlas of Twentieth Century Warfare

1 review
Richard Natkiel

W.H. Smith Publishers/Gallery Books, 1982

From The Inside Flap:
The Twentieth Century has been one of the most turbulent eras in world history. In 1900 the world was dominated by a handful of European powers and there were less than 40 independent states in the world. By 1919 the picture had altered considerably; colonies throughout the world had changed hands; the Austro-Hungarian Empire had been destroyed and two new great powers, the United States and ...