Jeremy Black

European Warfare 1815-2000 - Problems in Focus Jeremy Black

Marc Notes: Bibl. ref. & index; Also avail. in cloth. Review Quotes: "With this book, Professor Black continues his penchant for cutting-edge scholarship...[will] stimulate discussion and research."--Dr. Stephen A. Bourque, Air and Space Power JournalBiographical Note: Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. Table of Contents: Introduction--J. Black * Europe's Way of War 1815-1864--D. Showalter * European Warfare 1864-1914--J. Black * The First World War--S. Tucker * The European Civil War--F. J. Romero Salvado * The Second World War--S. P. Mackenzie * Colonial Wars--B. Vandervort * Naval Power and Warfare--L. Sondhaus * The Transformation of War in Europe 1945-2000--W. ChinPublisher Marketing: The vibrancy of the new military history and its focus on the context and implications of warfare have reclaimed this field from dry theory. War, and its impact on society, is increasingly studied at undergraduate level. Following on from the critical success of his edited volume European Warfare 1453-1815, Jeremy Black has assembled a team of historians to tackle the phenomena of European warfare in modern times, covering every major conflict and technological development in its social, political and cultural context.

Contributor Bio:  Black, Jeremy Jeremy Black is a professor of history at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. He is, or has been, on numerous editorial boards, including the "Journal of Military History, the Journal of the Royal United Services Institute, Media History", and "History Today", and was editor of "Archives". He is the author or editor of more than fifty books, including "War and the World: Military Power and the Fate of Continents, 1450-2000" (Yale, 2000), "The British Seaborne Empire" (Yale, 2004), "Maps and History" (Yale, 2000), and "European Warfare in a Global Context, 1600-1815" (Routledge, 2007). He lives in Exeter.