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Author : Colonel Trevor N. Dupuy
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Release Date : 1990-03-22
ISBN 13 : 9780306803840
Pages : 360 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (36 downloads)
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Author : Christopher Bellamy
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2015-10-05
ISBN 13 : 131741960X
Pages : 314 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (419 downloads)
Download The Evolution of Modern Land Warfare PDF Format Full Free by Christopher Bellamy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extensively illustrated with 52 detailed campaign and battle maps and diagrams, this book, originally published in 1990, surveys the evolution of warfare in Europe from Napoleon to the end of the twentieth century and in Asia from the Middle Ages. It considers the interaction of technology and warfare. With wide-ranging examples, the book includes two in depth case studies, one on the Soviet Operational Manoeuvre Group and its predecessors in the Russian Imperial Army, the other on the history of land warfare, including guerilla warfare, in Asia. In this book the author demonstrates that military history can be of immense practical help to the modern military analyst and professional. Now updated with a new introduction to take into account changes since 1990, this book remains of essential value to students, teachers & professionals in political & social history, international relations, defence, war & peace studies.
Author : Maurice R. Davie
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2012-02-10
ISBN 13 : 0486162214
Pages : 416 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (162 downloads)
Download The Evolution of War PDF Format Full Free by Maurice R. Davie and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-02-10 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVHighly informative and exhaustive study presents an exceptional collection of cases examining such topics as warfare as the business of one sex, religion as a cause of war, and war for the sake of glory. /div
Author : C. J. Chivers
Publisher :
Release Date : 2010
ISBN 13 : 9781846144080
Pages : 481 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (846 downloads)
Download The Gun PDF Format Full Free by C. J. Chivers and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'WITH IMPELLING FORCE, C.J. CHIVERS TELLS A REMARKABLE STORY OF HOW THIS ONE, SUPERBLY RELIABLE FIREARM BECAME THE MOST ABUNDANT EVER PRODUCES' ALISTAIR HORNE, AUTHOR OF THE PRICE OF GLORYAND A SAVAGE WAR OF PEACE The AK-47, or 'Kalashnikov', is the most efficient firearm on earth. It is so light it can be used by children. It has transformed the way we fight wars, and its story is the chilling story of modern warfare. Drawing on fascinating original research, C. J. Chivers's extraordinary new book tells an alternative history of the world as seen through these terrible weapons: from their origins in early experiments, through the first appearance of the machine-gun, to the perfection of the AK-47 at the beginning of the Cold War; a weapon so remarkable that, over sixty years after its invention, it is now central to civil wars all over the world. 'THE GUN IS FOR THOSE WHO WONDER HOW WE FIGHT TODAY AND WHY WE FIGHT THAT WAY. C.J. CHIVERS HAS GIVEN US A SEMINAL WORK' JAMES BRADLEY, AUTHOR OF FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
Author : Douglas J. Emlen
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2014-11-11
ISBN 13 : 142994739X
Pages : 288 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (947 downloads)
Download Animal Weapons PDF Format Full Free by Douglas J. Emlen and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE PHI BETA KAPPA AWARD IN SCIENCE The story behind the stunning, extreme weapons we see in the animal world--teeth and horns and claws--and what they can tell us about the way humans develop and use arms and other weapons In Animal Weapons, Doug Emlen takes us outside the lab and deep into the forests and jungles where he's been studying animal weapons in nature for years, to explain the processes behind the most intriguing and curious examples of extreme animal weapons—fish with mouths larger than their bodies and bugs whose heads are so packed with muscle they don't have room for eyes. As singular and strange as some of the weapons we encounter on these pages are, we learn that similar factors set their evolution in motion. Emlen uses these patterns to draw parallels to the way we humans develop and employ our own weapons, and have since battle began. He looks at everything from our armor and camouflage to the evolution of the rifle and the structures human populations have built across different regions and eras to protect their homes and communities. With stunning black and white drawings and gorgeous color illustrations of these concepts at work, Animal Weapons brings us the complete story of how weapons reach their most outsized, dramatic potential, and what the results we witness in the animal world can tell us about our own relationship with weapons of all kinds.
Author : John J. Weltman
Publisher : JHU Press
Release Date : 1995
ISBN 13 : 9780801849497
Pages : 286 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (81 downloads)
Download World Politics and the Evolution of War PDF Format Full Free by John J. Weltman and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive study, international relations scholar John Weltman explores the many roles of war in world politics. With topics ranging from the development of strategic thought to the effects on war of political and technological change, from the uses of force—and threats of force—to the uses of arms control, from the prominence of war in history to its likely fate in the post-Cold War world, Weltman's analysis offers a detailed, thoroughgoing, and rigorous overview of the subject. Throughout, Weltman questions a number of widely held assumptions. To the conventional argument that the number of players in the international system determines the incidence and character of war, he responds with evidence that suggesting that the social, material, and intellectual context within which conflicts occur is far more influential. Weltman also questions the prevailing wisdom that democracies are inherently peaceful and autocracies inherently warlike, arguing instead that the propensity to wage war—and the effects of war—are largely the products of prevailing expectations: whether or not war offers a means for the cheap, easy, and decisive accomplishment of a government's objectives. And he criticizes the dominant view that conflict—even violent conflict—is psychologically "abnormal." Drawing upon the traditional distinction between wars of "attrition" and wars of "annihilation," Weltman sees the trend toward the former—despite the anomalous Persian Gulf conflict—aslikely to continue. While this trend does not suggest the end of warfare (much less the "end of history"), it does imply the localization of conflict and the minimization of the danger of global conflagration. The "new world order," Weltman concludes, will be far from peaceful, but the conflicts that do arise will be slow-burning and difficult to spread. Outside intervention in these conflicts will be costly.
Author : John Keegan
Publisher : Viking Adult
Release Date : 1988
ISBN 13 :
Pages : 328 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)
Download The Price of Admiralty PDF Format Full Free by John Keegan and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1988 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author illuminates naval history, offering a brilliant dissection of four landmark sea battles, each featuring a different type of warship: the Battle of Trafalgar, the Battle of Jutland in World War I, the Battle of Midway in World War II, and the Battle of the Atlantic.
Author : Kenneth Payne
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Release Date : 2018
ISBN 13 : 1626165807
Pages : 270 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (165 downloads)
Download Strategy, Evolution, and War PDF Format Full Free by Kenneth Payne and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The evolution of strategists -- Defining strategy as psychology -- Evolutionary strategy -- Strategic heuristics and biases -- Culture meets evolved strategy -- The pen and the sword in ancient Greece -- Clausewitz explores the psychology of strategy -- Nuclear weapons are not psychologically revolutionary -- AI and strategy -- Tactical artificial intelligence arrives -- Artificial general intelligence does strategy -- Conclusion: strategy evolves beyond AI
Author : David Owen
Publisher :
Release Date : 2009
ISBN 13 : 9781741109139
Pages : 144 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (741 downloads)
Download The Little Book of Warfare PDF Format Full Free by David Owen and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a compelling study of 50 key developments in the history of military engagements, each one offering fascinating insights into the battle winning weapons deployed and the ingenious tactics used.
Author : Larry H. Addington
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1994
ISBN 13 : 0253301327
Pages : 385 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (31 downloads)
Download The Patterns of War Since the Eighteenth Century PDF Format Full Free by Larry H. Addington and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reviews of the first edition include: There is nothing else in print that tells so much so concisely about how war has been conducted since the days of Gen. George Washington. - Russell F. Weigley. A superior synthesis. Well written, nicely organized, remarkably comprehensive, and laced with facts. - Military Affairs. A thorough revision of a highly successful text, this new edition provides a comprehensive picture of the evolution of modern warfare. Addington discusses developments in strategies and tactics, logistics and weaponry, and provides detailed discussions of important battles and campaigns. His book is an excellent introduction for both students and the general reader. A companion volume, The Patterns of War through the Eighteenth Century, provides an overview of war and warfare in the West from ancient times to the early modern era.
Author : John J. Weltman
Publisher : JHU Press
Release Date : 1995
ISBN 13 :
Pages : 288 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)
Download World Politics and the Evolution of War PDF Format Full Free by John J. Weltman and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive study, international relations scholar John Weltman explores the many roles of war in world politics. With topics ranging from the development of strategic thought to the effects on war of political and technological change, from the uses of force—and threats of force—to the uses of arms control, from the prominence of war in history to its likely fate in the post-Cold War world, Weltman's analysis offers a detailed, thoroughgoing, and rigorous overview of the subject. Throughout, Weltman questions a number of widely held assumptions. To the conventional argument that the number of players in the international system determines the incidence and character of war, he responds with evidence that suggesting that the social, material, and intellectual context within which conflicts occur is far more influential. Weltman also questions the prevailing wisdom that democracies are inherently peaceful and autocracies inherently warlike, arguing instead that the propensity to wage war—and the effects of war—are largely the products of prevailing expectations: whether or not war offers a means for the cheap, easy, and decisive accomplishment of a government's objectives. And he criticizes the dominant view that conflict—even violent conflict—is psychologically "abnormal." Drawing upon the traditional distinction between wars of "attrition" and wars of "annihilation," Weltman sees the trend toward the former—despite the anomalous Persian Gulf conflict—aslikely to continue. While this trend does not suggest the end of warfare (much less the "end of history"), it does imply the localization of conflict and the minimization of the danger of global conflagration. The "new world order," Weltman concludes, will be far from peaceful, but the conflicts that do arise will be slow-burning and difficult to spread. Outside intervention in these conflicts will be costly.
Author : Bradley A. Thayer
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2009
ISBN 13 : 9780813129464
Pages : 452 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (813 downloads)
Download Darwin and International Relations: On the Evolutionary Origins of War and Ethnic Conflict PDF Format Full Free by Bradley A. Thayer and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2009 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : New Republic
Publisher :
Release Date : 1917
ISBN 13 :
Pages : 30 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)
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Author : Air University (U.S.)
Publisher :
Release Date : 1954
ISBN 13 :
Pages : 102 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)
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Author : Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher : Britannica Educational Publishing
Release Date : 2011-11-01
ISBN 13 : 1615307524
Pages : 192 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (37 downloads)
Download War on Land PDF Format Full Free by Britannica Educational Publishing and published by Britannica Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before they took to the sea and air, warring factions engaged in land-based conflicts that involved close-range combat with rudimentary defenses and weapons. As civilizations have advanced, so too have their military strategies, tactics, and weaponry. Eventually this led to the development of sophisticated land fortifications, arms, artillery, and missile systems in use today by ground troops. This insightful volume examines the evolution of warfare on land around the world, as well as the impact of new technologies on the nature of war.
Author : Alex Roland
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016
ISBN 13 : 0190605383
Pages : 152 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (65 downloads)
Download War and Technology PDF Format Full Free by Alex Roland and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans were born armed. Before Homo sapiens first walked the Earth, proto-humans had manufactured spears and other tools not only to hunt and defend themselves but also to attack other humans. The war instinct is part of human nature, but the means to fight war depend on technology. Politics,economics, ideology, culture, strategy, tactics, and philosophy have all shaped war, but none of these factors has driven the evolution of warfare as much as technology. Expanding on this compelling thesis, this book traces the co-evolution of technology and war from the Stone Age to the age ofcyberwar and nanotechnology.Alex Roland shines a light on the patterns of interaction between technology and warfare, describing the sensational inventions that changed the direction of war throughout history: fortified walls, the chariot, swift and nimble battleships, the gunpowder revolution, and finally aircraft, bombers,rockets, submarines, improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and nuclear weapons. In the twenty-first century, scientific and engineering research is constantly transforming war and simultaneously producing countless technological innovations. Yet even now, the newest and best technology cannotguarantee victory. Rather, technology and warfare remain in a timeless dialectic, spurring change without ever stabilizing a military balance of power. New technologies continue to push warfare in unexpected directions, while warfare pulls technology into new stunning possibilities.In an era of computers, drones, and robotic systems, Roland reminds us that, although military technologies keep changing at a precipitous speed, the principles and patterns behind them abide. Brimming with dramatic narratives of battles and deep insights into military psychology, this Very ShortIntroduction is ultimately an original account of human history seen through the kaleidoscopic lens of war technology.
Author : Renine Osteen
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2013-12-05
ISBN 13 : 9781494372088
Pages : 362 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (494 downloads)
Download Juliet Toxic PDF Format Full Free by Renine Osteen and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every life is supposed to have a purpose but when you live so long that is seems you lack a purpose it can be a burden. All hearts are meant to love, but if you risk everything by finding that one person who matters the most in your life then it becomes a burden. All wars must have a victor, but when the odds are no longer in your favour and your experience does not count for anything then a war becomes a burden. Love is a burden, Lust is a burden, being different is a burden but perhaps that is a good thing, love gives life meaning
