The Reader's Companion to Military History

The Reader's Companion to Military History - Paperback

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The Reader's Companion to Military History - Paperback

The Reader's Companion to Military History - Paperback

by Robert Cowley , Geoffrey Parker
$40.00
$40.00

Book Overview

by Robert Cowley (Author), Geoffrey Parker (Author)

THE READER'S COMPANION TO MILITARY HISTORY is the first major reference work on military history to represent a global perspective. More than 150 distinguished military historians, biographers, and journalists contributed nearly 600 articles to this remarkable chronicle of warfare that combines compelling historical narrative with the latest in contemporary scholarship. Here is essential information on major events and battles, commanders, weaponry and technology, and strategy and tactics. Other topics include courage, discipline, the effects of weather on warfare, military justice, the role of propaganda, the evolution of uniforms, psychological warfare, and morale. Filled with surprising anecdotes and little-known facts, THE READER'S COMPANION TO MILITARY HISTORY covers not only European and North American military history but that of Asia, Africa, and South America. Never before has a single volume so eloquently addressed the many intriguing aspects of that most destructive, fascinating, and relentless of human experiences -- war.

Number of Pages: 592
Dimensions: 1.28 x 11 x 8.19 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: July 10, 2001
ISBN9780618127429
Author Robert Cowley , Geoffrey Parker
PublisherMariner Books
GenreBiography, History, and Education
FormatPaperback
PublishedJuly 2001
LanguageENG- English
Pages592
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Robert Cowley

Robert Cowley is an authority on American and European military history whose writing spans the Civil War to World War II. He has held several senior positions in book and magazine publishing and is the founding editor of the award-winning MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History. Cowley has also written and edited three collections of essays in counterfactual history known as What If?, and he is the author of the forthcoming book The Killing Season, a history of the first Battle of Ypres and the beginning of World War I. As part of his research, he drove and walked the entire length of the Western Front. He lives in Newport, Rhode Island.

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