ABSTRACT

Rethinking Military History is a bold new 'thought book' that reconsiders military history at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The chapters provide a valuable and concise survey of the main themes in the study of military history from 1500 to the present day as Jeremy Black reveals the main trends in the practice and approach to mili

chapter 1|25 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|40 pages

The sound of guns: military history today

chapter 3|38 pages

Redressing Eurocentricism

chapter 4|24 pages

Qualifying technology

chapter 5|23 pages

Setting military objectives

chapter 6|23 pages

1500–1815

chapter 7|27 pages

1775–1918

chapter 8|31 pages

1914–today

chapter 9|13 pages

Conclusions