A Short History of War / (Record no. 7168)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780300267075 (pbk) |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | U27 |
| Item number | .B627 2022 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Black, Jeremy. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A Short History of War / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Jeremy Black. |
| 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 | 2022. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | viii, 258 Pages; |
| Dimensions | 20 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | The origins of conflict -- War and early states -- Egypt, Assyria, Persia -- Early Chinese warfare -- Greece and Macedon -- Indian warfare -- Rome and Hannibal -- Imperial Rome and its fall -- The 'Dark Ages' -- Feudal warfare -- Castles -- The Crusades -- The Mongols and Timur -- Early Japanese warfare -- Warfare in the New World to 1500 -- African warfare -- Australasian and Oceanic warfare -- Gunpowder on land -- The new-style fortress -- Naval reach transforms the world, 1400-1763 -- The place of battle -- The Ottoman powerhouse -- Japan and China clash -- The age of fighting sail, 1588-1827 -- China, Russia and the end of the steppe -- The collapse of European control in the New World, 1775-1825 -- Napoleonic warfare -- Wars within the West, 1816-1913 -- Nineteenth-century imperialism -- China from crisis to consolidation, 1839-1949 -- World War One -- The interwar years : assessing the threat -- World War Two -- The Cold War -- Wars of decolonisation -- Conflict since the Cold War -- War today : confrontations with states -- The confrontations of major powers -- Theorists of military history. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Throughout history, warfare has transformed social, political, cultural, and religious aspects of our lives. We tell tales of wars-past, present, and future-to create and reinforce a common purpose.0In this engaging overview, Jeremy Black examines war as a global phenomenon, looking at the First and Second World Wars as well as those ranging from Han China and Assyria, Imperial Rome, and Napoleonic France to Vietnam and Afghanistan. Black explores too the significance of warfare more broadly and the ways in which cultural understandings of conflict have lasting consequences in societies across the world. Weaponry, Black argues, has had a fundamental impact on modes of war: it created war in the air and transformed it at sea. Today, as twentieth-century weapons are challenged by drones and robotics, Black examines what the future of warfare looks like. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | War |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 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 art and science. |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Item type | Books |
| 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 |
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| Library of Congress Classification | General Collection | Zayed Military University | Zayed Military University | General Stacks | 10/15/2025 | White Lion | 51.48 | U27 .B627 2022 | 23573 | 10/15/2025 | C. 1 | 10/15/2025 | Books | AED 51.48 |