Title: The Cambridge illustrated history of warfare : the triumph of the west /
Authors: Parker, Geoffrey, 1943-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 1995
Subjects: Military art and science History; War and society; War Economic aspects; Civilization, Western
Abstract: The Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare provides a unique account of Western warfare from antiquity to the present, The book treats all aspects of the subject from the Greeks to the nuclear age: the development of warfare on land, sea and air; weapons and technology; strategy and defense; discipline and intelligence. Throughout, there is an emphasis on the socio-economic aspects of war: who pays for it, how can its returns be measured, and to what extent does it explain the rise of the West to global dominance over tow millennia? ON THE US ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF'S PROFESSIONAL READING LIST.