Keegan probes the meanings, motivations, methods underlying war in different socities. The author demonstrates how particulr cultures give rise to their own styles of warmaking. Keegan focuses his anlysis on the great changes in military technology: the discoveries of bronze and iron, the tamimg of the horse for chariot and riding, the introduction of gunpowder and the mobilization of science and industry to create the atom bomb.
A History of Warfare.
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Author: Keegan, John
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780394588018
Details:
Author: Keegan, John
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Release Date: 01-12-1994
Package Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.6 x 1.5 inches Languages: English