War and Society in Europe, 1792-1914 (Warfare and History)
Editorial Reviews
Review
...Wawro has done well to master and compress much of the voluminous recent literature on the subject, an especially challenging task with regard to studies of the leading great powers...Wawro's own special expertise, which lies in the history of Austria-Hungary, adds an important further Central European dimension to the work.--Keith Jeffery, University of Ulster at Jordanstown.
Wawro, among the best of the new generations of military historians, has written the best extant survey of the long century of European military dominance that began in 1792 with the French Revolutionary Wars and ended in the trenches of 1914. His willingness to take an essentially chronological approach makes the work's paperback edition especially well suited as a primary text for military history courses and as a collateral reading for general courses in the period.
-Military History
Book Description
Traces war in Europe from the aftermath of the French Revolution to the eve of the First World War. Treating warfare as much wider than simply the product of military planning and technology, but a reflection of society itself, Wawro includes discussion of:
-The Napoleonic Wars and the Battle of Waterloo
-Napoleon III and the militarization of Europe
-The Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71
-New technologies and weapons
-Seapower and naval warfare
-The outbreak of the First World War
Combining original work on Bismarck's Wars, Austria-Hungary and Italy, with the latest writing on European armies and navies in the modern period, this book details the evolution of land and naval warfare and highlights the swirling interplay of society, politics and military decision-making.
War and Society in Europe, 1792-1914 (Warfare and History)
War and Society in Europe, 1792-1914 (Warfare and History),Geoffrey Wawro,Routledge,0415214459,19th century,20th century,Europe,Europe - General,History,History - Military / War,History, Military,History: World,Military - General,European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland),History / General,Theory of warfare & military science,World history,c 1700 to c 1800,c 1800 to c 1900
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