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Oxford Companion to Military History, The

By: Oxford University Press

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Oxford University Press)


Product Info

Title
Oxford Companion to Military History, The
Category
Author
Richard Holmes
Publish Year
2001
Pages
1048
Dimensions
8x10x3"
NKG Part #
2147833973
Type
Hardcover

Description

An A-Z guide to warfare from the classical period to the present day, including the social, political, technological, and economic background of major conflicts. Entries cover people (military leaders, theorists, inventors, etc.), weapons and equipment, wars, campaigns, and battles, strategy and tactics, logistics, fortifications, military life, military literature, military medicine, as well as wide-ranging contextual entries on topics as diverse as animals in war and pacifism. There are 75 specially commissioned maps, and 20 in-text line diagrams.