This book provides an accessible and uptodate account of the rich military history of the nineteenth century. It takes a fresh approach, making novel links with conflict and coercion, and moving away from teleological emphases. Naval developments and warfare are included, as are social and cultural dimensions of military activity.Leading military historian Jeremy Black offers the reader a twentyfirstcentury approach to this period, particularly through his focus on the dynamic drive provided by different forms of military goals, or tasking. This allows echoes with modern warfare to come to the fore and provides a fuller understanding of a period sometimes considered solely as background to the total war of 191445. Alongside statetostate warfare and the move toward total war, Blacks emphasis on different military goals gives due weight to transoceanic conflict at the expense of nonEuropeans. The book provides a deliberate shift from Westerncentricity by taking into account a broader range of conflict, including irregular, internal and asymmetric war.At the very cutting edge of its field, this book is a must read for all students and scholars of military history and its related disciplines.

Binding: Paperback;264 pages; Publisher: Polity Press; Classification: N/A; Weight: 495.57 g; Dimensions: N/A

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