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Perilous glory : the rise of western military power / John France.
| Author/creator | France, John |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011. |
| Description | ix, 438 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The many faces of war -- Many worlds of war -- Horses and hoplites -- The glory of empire, 336 BC-AD 651 -- Ideology and warfare, 500-c. 1200 -- The Steppe supremacy, c. 1200-1683 -- Discipline, c. 1683-c. 1860 -- The military revolution -- Industrial killing -- Culture and warfare in the age of total war, 1919-1945 -- A new age of war. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011006437 |
| ISBN | 9780300120745 (cl : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0300120745 (cl : alk. paper) |