Routledge Handbook of the Global History of Warfare

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-138-34538-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 554 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 1127 g

This handbook examines key aspects of the development of the global history of warfare and the changing patterns of warfare over time.

Although scholarship has long eschewed a chronological narrative of the evolution of warfare that privileges the Western experience, global histories of warfare have had difficulty avoiding an overemphasis on the West. The present volume is a collection of themes rather than a history per se; it provides important perspectives on the emergence of warfare as a global historical experience from the ancient past to the present day. Drawing together numerous experts, it tells a broader, more inclusive story of the global, human experience with wars and warfare. The 35 chapters are organised in eight thematic parts:

Part I: Origins of Warfare

Part II: Polities and Armed Forces in the Pre-Modern Era

Part III: Steppe Nomads of Eurasia

Part IV: Naval Warfare and Piracy in the Pre-Industrial World

Part V: The Impact of Gunpowder

Part VI: Transition from Industrial to Total War

Part VII: Wars of Decolonisation and Cold War

Part VIII: Postmodern/New Wars

These Parts offer an overview of the global experience of warfare to help readers understand how the wars and the militaries we see today have been shaped by historical developments across the globe.

This handbook will be of great interest to students of military history, naval history, strategic studies and world history in general.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roy, Kaushik

W. Charney, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Seestreitkräfte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Evolution of Warfare: Global Perspectives  Part I: Origins of Warfare  1. The Evolution of Bronze Age Warfare, and its Historical Significance in Western Eurasia and the Near East  2. War, Captive-Taking, and Warriors in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica  3. Indigenous Warfare in Australia and New Zealand  Part II: Polities and Armed Forces in the Pre-modern Era  4. Assyrian Warfare, 1550-609 BCE  5. The Polis and the Emergence of Hoplite Warfare  6. Transition from Roman to Merovingian Warfare: The Long Fifth Century  7. New Approaches to Late Imperial Chinese Warfare  8. Warfare in Precolonial Africa  Part III: Steppe Nomads of Eurasia  9. The European Huns  10. Arab-Byzantine Warfare: 660 CE-1040 CE  11. Crusading Armies and the Turks in the Middle East  12. The Limits of Mongol Military Power  13. The Cycle of Empire in Central Asia: The Frontier and Beyond  Part IV: Naval Warfare and Piracy in the Pre-Industrial World  14. The Egyptian Origins of Amphibious Warfare: Out of Africa  15. China’s Pirate Wars, 1522-1810  16. Rise of British Naval Power in the Indian Ocean  Part V: The Impact of Gunpowder  17. Economy and Gunpowder Weapons in Western and Central Europe  18. Gunpowder and the Rise of Muscovy: Circa 1200--circa 1800  19. Smallpox and War in America  20. Gunpowder and the North American Indian Way of War  21. Firearms and Maritime Gunpowder States of Asia  Part VI: Transition from Industrial to Total War  22. Napoleon and Mass Warfare  23. The American Civil War and the Beginning of Total War?  24. The British Army, 1870-1918: From Small War to Trench War  25. Theory and Practice of Armoured War during the Two World Wars  26. Race and Conflict in the Asia-Pacific Region: 1941-1945  27. Modern Naval Warfare: 1815-2000  28. Strategic Air Power in the Two World Wars  Part VII: Wars of Decolonisation and Cold War  29. Warfare in the Middle East since 1945  30. Wars of Decolonisation in South Asia: The Indian Army, 1945-47  31. The Falklands Conflict: The Last British Imperial War?  Part VIII: Postmodern/New Wars  32. The Global War on Terror: The American Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq  33. Private Military Contractors and Conflicts in the New Millennium  34. The Arms Race in Contemporary East Asia  35. Employment of Air Power in Fourth Generation Warfare: An Indian Perspective

Über Autor(innen)

Kaushik Roy is Guru Nanak Chair Professor in the Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He specialises in warfare in Eurasia and is currently associated with the ‘Warring with Machines’ Project of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway.

Michael W. Charney is Professor of Asian and Military History at SOAS, University of London, where he teaches the history of violence, cities and the emergence of the contemporary world. His work mainly focuses on Southeast Asia and Africa.