War in the Modern World

Ropp, Theodore

ISBN 10: 0801864453 / ISBN 13: 9780801864452

Published by Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000

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Synopsis:

"A brilliant survey of the history of warfare" ― B. H. Lidell-Hart

The landmark survey of the social, political, military, and technological aspects of modern warfare from the Renaissance to the Cold War returns to print in a new paperback edition.

"War in the Modern World marked a turning point in the historiography of war. Just as Keegan's The Face of Battle marked the transition to the socail history of the military, so Ropp's classic coincided with the first full flowering of what would later be called the 'new military history'. . . This is good, reliable history, told with clarity, wit, insight, and understanding. It rewards reading just as much as when the new military history was new." ―
Alex Roland, from the new Introduction

About the Authors: Theodore Ropp is a professor of history emeritus at Duke University. He is the author of The Development of a Modern Navy: French Naval Policy, 1871-1904 and History and War. He was awarded the 1991 Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for his contributions to the field of military history.

Alex Roland is chair of the History Department at Duke University and the author of Underwater Warfare in the Age of Sail, Model Research: The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1915-1958, and (with Richard Preston and Sydney Wise) Men in Arms: A History of Warfare and Its Interrelationships with Western Society.

Bibliographic Details

Title: War in the Modern World
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good