What is military history?
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What is military history?
Polity, 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [130]-142) and index
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Description
What is Military History? presents a clear, readable introduction to a popular field of history. It shows that military history encompasses not just accounts of campaigns and battles but includes a wide range of perspectives on all aspects of past military organization and activity. In concise chapters it explains the fundamental features of the field, including: The history of military history, showing how it has developed from ancient times to the present; The key ideas and concepts that shape analysis of military activity; it argues that military history is as methodologically and philosophically sophisticated as any field of history; The current controversies about which military historians argue, and why they are important; A survey of who does military history, where it is taught and published, and how it is practiced; A look at where military history is headed in the future. What is Military History? is ideal for classes in military history and in historiography generally, as well as for anyone interested in learning more about the dynamics of a rich and growing area of study.
Table of Contents
1. An Introduction to Military History. Military History: definitions, topics, scope. Who studies Military History and why? Overview of this book. 2. Military Historiography. Classical Roots: Military History in Ancient Times. Military History in the Traditional World: Histories, Manuals, and War Tales. Science, Nationalism and General Staffs: Military History in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries. New Military Histories: The Transformations of the Last Fifty Years. 3. Conceptual Frameworks. Military History and Philosophy of History. Military Art and Practice. War and Society: Interdisciplinary Influences. Global History and Comparative Methodology. Conclusions. 4. Current Controversies. Military Revolutions. "The West": Exceptionalism and Dominance? War, Society and Culture: Other Controversies. Conclusion: Revisionism and Reading the Process of History. 5. Doing Military History. Forms. Sources. Programs. Journals, Presses, and Associations. 6. The Future of Military History. Trends in the Field. The Politics of Military Hiostory. Notes. Suggestions for Further Reading. Index.
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