Description
The essays in this volume examine the historical place of revolutionary warfare on both sides of the Atlantic.
About the Author
Roger Chickering is Professor of History at the BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University. His recent publications include The Great War and Urban Life in Germany: Freiburg, 1914-1918 (2007) and A World at Total War: Global Conflict and the Politics of Destruction, 1937-1945, co-edited with Stig Foerster and Bernd Grenier. Stig Foerster is Professor of General Modern History at the University of Bern and has also taught at the University of Augsburg and held research fellowships at the German Historical Institutes in London and Washington D.C. His most recent publications include Der doppelte Militarismus. Die deutsche Heeresrustungspolitik zwischen Status-quo-Sicherung und Aggression, 1890-1913 (1985) and Die machtigen Diener der East India Company. Ursachen und Hintergrunde der britischen Expansionspolitik in Sudasien, 1793-1819 (1992).
Reviews
"An excellent historiographic review on the 'military revolution' of the early modern era, what it was and what its critics assert it was not, opens this collection." -Dieter K. Buse, Canadian Journal of History
Book Information
ISBN 9780521899963
Author Roger Chickering
Format Hardback
Page Count 434
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 720g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 158mm * 30mm