War in the Nineteenth Century: 1800-1914

ISBN: 978-0-7456-4448-6

Hardcover

256 pages

July 2009, Polity

Other Available Formats: Paperback

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The first in a new Polity series of volumes which, taken together, will provide a history of war from ancient times to the present day.
This first volume deals with the rich military history of the nineteenth century and is written by an internationally renowned military historian.
Takes a fresh “twenty-first century” approach, making novel links with conflict of the period in the broad sense, including irregular, internal and asymmetric war.
Maintains a judicious balance between major state-to-state warfares and smaller conflicts which provide a deliberate shift from Western-centricity.