The Cambridge History of War
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication date:
- 18 July 2025
- 14 August 2025
- ISBN:
- 9780511843136
- 9780521874281
- Dimensions:
- (229 x 152 mm)
- Weight & Pages:
- 1.22kg, 688 Pages
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- Subjects:
- American History: General Interest, British History: General Interest, Military History, History, Regional History Before 1500, Regional History after 1500
- Collections:
- Cambridge Histories - Global History, Cambridge Histories - British & European History, Cambridge Histories - American History, Cambridge Histories - Asian History, Cambridge Histories - Middle East & African Studies
- Series:
- Cambridge History of War
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- American History: General Interest, British History: General Interest, Military History, History, Regional History Before 1500, Regional History after 1500
- Collections:
- Cambridge Histories - Global History, Cambridge Histories - British & European History, Cambridge Histories - American History, Cambridge Histories - Asian History, Cambridge Histories - Middle East & African Studies
- Series:
- Cambridge History of War
Volume 3: War and the Early Modern World
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Volume III of The Cambridge History of War covers the early modern world, offering a four-hundred-year perspective from the last Eurasian nomadic empires to the advent of ironclad, steam-driven warships in the mid-nineteenth century. Together, the chapters cover the rise of professional armies and purpose-built warships in Europe; the evolution of military societies in the great Islamic empires; the vicissitudes of Ming and Qing military organization and that of their Asian neighbours; and the raising and maintaining of armies in Africa and the Americas. Numerous processes of imperial expansion, both on land of sea, are examined, as are the processes of global confrontation and interchange across different military systems. Technology, organization, finance, and military cultures are each explored from a broad perspective. Bringing together an impressive team of experts in their fields, the volume provides a comprehensive and accessible history of war from 1450–1850.
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