The war chronicles, from flintlocks to machine guns
Subtitle: new perspectives on the modern era of warfare
By: Joseph Cummins.
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Beverly, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
ISBN-13: 9781592333059
Subjects: Military history, Modern -- 18th century; Military history, Modern -- 19th century; Military history, Modern -- 20th century
Description: From the Publisher: Important and timely histories bring to life conflicts that educated readers have heard of but want to know more about because of their significance in world history. Joseph Cummins describes each conflict with a gripping vitality that brings the time, people, and crises to life in a narrative history style. This book offers a look at multiple conflicts in an accessible format-a sophisticated narrative history that history buffs and general readers will enjoy. Readers will have heard of most of the conflicts but will gain a greater depth of understanding through the many details, stories, and characters that illuminate the bigger consequences of these clashes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Guide to The war chronicles; title: The French revolutionary wars : 1792-1802; title: The Napoleonic wars : 1803-1815; title: The War of Greek Independence : 1821-1829; title: The Mexican-American War : 1846-1848; title: The Taiping Rebellion : 1851-1864; title: The Crimean War : 1854-1856; title: The U.S. Civil War : 1861-1865; title: The Franco-Prussian War : 1870-1871; title: The Anglo-Zulu War : 1879; title: The Spanish-American War : 1898; title: The Russo-Japanese War : 1904-1905; title: The Mexican Revolution : 1910-1920; title: World War I : 1914-1918; title: The Russian Civil War : 1918-1921; title: The Chinese Civil War : 1927-1949; title: The Spanish Civil War : 1936-1939; title: World War II : 1939-1945; title: The Arab-Israeli War : 1948-1949; title: The Vietnam War : 1955-1975; title: The Soviet-Afghan War : 1979-1989; title: The Iran-Iraq War : 1980-1988.