Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792-1914
Combining original research with the latest scholarship Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792 - 1914 examines war and its aftermath from Napoleonic times to the outbreak of the First World War.…
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Combining original research with the latest scholarship Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792 - 1914 examines war and its aftermath from Napoleonic times to the outbreak of the First World War. Throughout, this fine book treats warfare as a social and political phenomenon no less than a military and technologial one, and includes discussions on:The French Revolution and the Napoleonic WarsNapoleon III and the militarization of EuropeBismark, Molkte, and the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71new technologies and weaponsseapower, imperialism and naval warfarethe origins and outbreak of the First World War.For anyone studying, or with in interest in European warfare, this book details the evolution of land and naval warfare and highlights the swirling interplay of society, politics and military decision