European War

Author : Michael Howard
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-02-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191570858

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War in European History by Michael Howard Pdf

First published over thirty years ago, War in European History is a brilliantly written survey of the changing ways that war has been waged in Europe, from the Norse invasions to the present day. Far more than a simple military history, the book serves as a succinct and enlightening overview of the development of European society as a whole over the last millennium. From the Norsemen and the world of the medieval knights, through to the industrialized mass warfare of the twentieth century, Michael Howard illuminates the way in which warfare has shaped the history of the Continent, its effect on social and political institutions, and the ways in which technological and social change have in turn shaped the way in which wars are fought. This new edition includes a fully updated further reading and a new final chapter bringing the story into the twenty-first century, including the invasion of Iraq and the so-called 'War against Terror'.

Author : John R. Allen,Frederick Ben Hodges,Julian Lindley-French
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9780198855835

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Future War and the Defence of Europe by John R. Allen,Frederick Ben Hodges,Julian Lindley-French Pdf

Future War and the Defence of Europe offers a major new analysis of how peace and security can be maintained in Europe: a continent that has suffered two cataclysmic conflicts since 1914. Taking as its starting point the COVID-19 pandemic and way it will inevitably accelerate some key global dynamics already in play, the book goes on to weave history, strategy, policy, and technology into a compelling analytical narrative. It lays out in forensic detail the scale of the challenge Europeans and their allies face if Europe's peace is to be upheld in a transformative century. The book upends foundational assumptions about how Europe's defence is organised, the role of a fast-changing transatlantic relationship, NATO, the EU, and their constituent nation-states. At the heart of the book is a radical vision of a technology-enabling future European defence, built around a new kind of Atlantic Alliance, an innovative strategic public-private partnership, and the future hyper-electronic European force, E-Force, it must spawn. Europeans should be under no illusion: unless they do far more for their own defence, and very differently, all that they now take for granted could be lost in the maze of hybrid war, cyber war, and hyper war they must face.

Author : John Lukacs
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300089155

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The Last European War by John Lukacs Pdf

This absorbing study of the first phase of World War II tells not only how events happened but why. Eminent historian Lukacs presents an extraordinary narrative of these two years, followed by a detailed sequential analysis of the political, military, and intellectual relations and events.

Author : Norman Davies
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780330472296

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Europe at War 1939-1945 by Norman Davies Pdf

The conventional narrative of the Second World War is well known: after six years of brutal fighting on land, sea and in the air, the Allied Powers prevailed and the Nazi regime was defeated. But as in so many things, the truth is somewhat different. Bringing a fresh eye to bear on a story we think we know, Norman Davies.Davies forces us to look again at those six years and to discard the usual narrative of Allied good versus Nazi evil, reminding us that the war in Europe was dominated by two evil monsters - Hitler and Stalin - whose fight for supremacy consumed the best people in Germany and in the USSR . The outcome of the war was at best ambiguous, the victory of the West was only partial, its moral reputation severely tarnished and, for the greater part of the continent of Europe, ‘liberation’ was only the beginning of more than fifty years of totalitarian oppression. ‘Davies writes with real knowledge and passion.’ Michael Burleigh, Evening Standard ‘Punchy and compelling' Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Europe
ISBN : OCLC:221802019

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The New York Times Current History by Anonim Pdf

Author : Christopher John Bartlett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1996-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349249589

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Peace, War and the European Powers, 1814–1914 by Christopher John Bartlett Pdf

The causes of war have tended to attract more attention than the causes of peace, yet the two are intimately related, Indeed there was much talk of war during the unprecedentedly long periods of peace between the European great powers in the years 1815-1854 and again in 1871-1914, the Near Eastern crises of 1878 and 1887-8 being only two of the more notable examples. In the case of the latter, there occurred a spell of fatalistic and belligerent talk in both Berlin and Vienna which in many ways anticipated that which gripped those capitals by 1914. A study of the whole question of the best methods by which to defend and advance the national interest is often more illuminating on why wars were avoided that are studies of the documentation surrounding the Holy Alliance, the congress system or the Concert of Europe. It is clear that the Concert tended to become most active only after a war had already been fought, or when the powers had already decided that conflict was likely to prove too costly, dangerous and unpredicatable in its effects both at home and abroad. Thus the Russians twice advanced almost to the gates of Constantinople only to recoil at the implications of trying to obtain control of the Straits. Similarly, Habsburg thoughts of war were frequently neutralised by reminders of financial weakness. This valuable book will be welcomed by anyone wishing to understand the nature of European state relations in the nineteenth century. Professor Bartlett examines why major wars did happen and did not happen, with particular attention being paid to the events of 1914.

Author : Hilaire Belloc
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547243786

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A General Sketch of the European War: The First Phase by Hilaire Belloc Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A General Sketch of the European War: The First Phase" by Hilaire Belloc. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : C Taylor,Francis Reynolds
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798536781760

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Collier's Photographic History of the European War by C Taylor,Francis Reynolds Pdf

This book captures the first few years of "World War 1" or as it was previously called the "European War" in sketches and photographs. This edition is a Historical Preservation Reprint intended to preserve the original work of Francis J. Reynolds and C. W. Taylor published by P. F. Collier & Son in 1916

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030019736232

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The European War by Anonim Pdf

Author : Enzo Traverso
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781784781347

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Fire and Blood by Enzo Traverso Pdf

Europe’s second Thirty Years’ War—an epoch of blood and ashes Fire and Blood looks at the European crisis of the two world wars as a single historical sequence: the age of the European Civil War (1914–1945). Its overture was played out in the trenches of the Great War; its coda on a ruined continent. It opened with conventional declarations of war and finished with “unconditional surrender.” Proclamations of national unity led to eventual devastation, with entire countries torn to pieces. During these three decades of deepening conflicts, a classical interstate conflict morphed into a global civil war, abandoning rules of engagement and fought by irreducible enemies rather than legitimate adversaries, each seeking the annihilation of its opponents. It was a time of both unchained passions and industrial, rationalized massacre. Utilizing multiple sources, Enzo Traverso depicts the dialectic of this era of wars, revolutions and genocides. Rejecting commonplace notions of “totalitarian evil,” he rediscovers the feelings and reinterprets the ideas of an age of intellectual and political commitment when Europe shaped world history with its own collapse.

Author : Hilaire Belloc
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 129084335X

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A General Sketch of the European War by Hilaire Belloc Pdf

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Europe
ISBN : OCLC:221802019

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The New York Times Current History by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Lukacs
Publisher : Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press : Doubleday
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : History
ISBN : UCLA:L0067496083

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The Last European War, September 1939/December 1941 by John Lukacs Pdf

This book describes the history of an entire continent during the twoe years from September 1939 to December 1941. John Lukacs looks at many of the myths, military and political, that still obscure the history of the Second World War. He shows how the war was experienced by the many varieties of Europeans involved in it, and presents avivid picture of a civilization at the moment of its greatest agitation.

Author : Christopher Clark
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780062199225

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The Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark Pdf

One of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History) The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 is historian Christopher Clark’s riveting account of the explosive beginnings of World War I. Drawing on new scholarship, Clark offers a fresh look at World War I, focusing not on the battles and atrocities of the war itself, but on the complex events and relationships that led a group of well-meaning leaders into brutal conflict. Clark traces the paths to war in a minute-by-minute, action-packed narrative that cuts between the key decision centers in Vienna, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Paris, London, and Belgrade, and examines the decades of history that informed the events of 1914 and details the mutual misunderstandings and unintended signals that drove the crisis forward in a few short weeks. Meticulously researched and masterfully written, Christopher Clark’s The Sleepwalkers is a dramatic and authoritative chronicle of Europe’s descent into a war that tore the world apart.

Author : R. (Rinaldo) Stroppa-Quaglia
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1290794847

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The European War, the Powers by R. (Rinaldo) Stroppa-Quaglia Pdf

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.