Now in its fourth edition, Introduction to Global Military History is an accessible, up-to-date account of modern warfare from the eighteenth century to the present.

The book engages with the social, cultural, political and economic contexts of war, examining the causes and consequences of conflict beyond national and chronological boundaries. It challenges the dominant Western-centric, technologically focused view of military history and instead emphasises the ranges of circumstances faced by both Western and non-Western powers and the absence of any one direction of development. The chapters present integrated discussions of land, naval and air conflicts, addressing continuities and the ways in which common experiences affected different spheres. This edition revises the text throughout, has increased focus on the developments in the 2000s and 2010s, and adds a new chapter on the 2020s.

Supported by a variety of illustrations, maps and case studies, this study is a valuable resource for students of military history and general readers alike.

About the Author

Jeremy Black is author of numerous books, including A Brief History of History, Tank Warfare, and Charting the Past: The Historical Worlds of Eighteenth-Century England. He is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Exeter and a Senior Fellow of both the British Foreign Policy Group and of the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Black is a recipient of the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize from the Society for Military History. Follow Black on his website, jeremyblackhistorian.wordpress.com.

Reviews

This book encourages a reader to grapple with broad questions of defense policy in the face of an aggressive, revisionist power such as happens sometimes in military modern and contemporary history.

Professor Constantin Hlihor, Bucharest University, Romania

Book Information
ISBN 9781032730837
Author Jeremy Black
Format Paperback
Page Count 360
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd