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The transformation of war / Martin van Creveld.
- Title
- The transformation of war / Martin van Creveld.
- Author
- Van Creveld, Martin, 1946-
- Publication
- New York : Free Press ; Toronto : Collier Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1991.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | U42 .V36 1991 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 254 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- At a time when unprecedented change in international affairs is forcing governments, citizens, and armed forces everywhere to re-assess the question of whether military solutions to political problems are possible any longer, Martin van Creveld has written an audacious searching examination of the nature of war and of its radical transformation in our own time. -- Published description.
- Subject
- Krieg
- Geschichte 1800-1990
- 1800-1999
- Geschichte 1800-1990
- Military art and science > History > 20th century
- Military art and science > History > 19th century
- War
- World politics > 1945-
- World politics > 1900-1945
- World politics > 19th century
- Military history, Modern > 20th century
- Military history, Modern > 19th century
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-243) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction: What, why, how --- Contemporary war --- By whom war is fought --- What war is all about --- How war is fought --- What war is fought for --- Why war is fought --- Future war --- Postscript: The shape of things to come.
- ISBN
- 0029331552
- LCCN
- ^^^90047093^
- OCLC
- 22388208
- SCSB-10606252
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library