The Dark Path : (Record no. 7067)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780300270686
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number U27
Item number .M981 2024
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Murray, Williamson,
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Dark Path :
Remainder of title the structure of war and the rise of the west /
Statement of responsibility, etc Williamson Murray.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Remainder of edition statement 1 $a New Haven : $b
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New Haven and London:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Yale University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2024.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent viii, 473 Pages:
Other physical details Maps;
Dimensions 24 cm.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc From an esteemed military historian, a sweeping history of the revolutions in war-fighting that have shaped the modern world Heraclitus wrote that "war is the father of all" and it has formed much of the modern world. Although the fundamental nature of war has not altered over the centuries, constant change, innovation, and adaptation have repeatedly reshaped how wars are fought in the West. Revolutions in military practice cannot be separated from larger social developments in areas like logistics, finance and economics, and the culture of military organizations. In The Dark Path, Williamson Murray argues that the history of warfare in the West hinged on five revolutions, which both reflected the social, political, and economic conditions that produced them and in turn influenced how those conditions evolved. These five key turning points are the advent of the modern state, which formed bureaucracies and professional militaries; the Industrial Revolution, which produced the financial and industrial means to sustain and equip large armies; the French Revolution, which provided the ideological basis needed to sustain armies through continent-sized wars; the merging of the Industrial and French Revolutions in the U.S. Civil War; and the accelerating integration of technological advancement, financial capacity, ideology, and government that unleashed the modern capacity for total warfare. An ambitious work of synthesis, this book shows how the world continually re-creates war-and how war, in turn, continually re-creates the world. -- $c Provided by publisher.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Military Art and Science
General subdivision History.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Military History.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Militarism.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Civilization, Western.
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Library of Congress Classification
Item type Books
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Copy number Price effective from Koha item type Public note
    Library of Congress Classification     General Collection Zayed Military University Zayed Military University General Stacks 07/14/2025 STMM 91.00   U27 .M981 2024 23456 07/14/2025 C. 1 07/14/2025 Books AED 91.00


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