The Military Revolution
Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800
This is a new edition of Geoffrey Parker's much-admired illustrated account of how the West, so small and so deficient in natural resources in 1500, had by 1800 come to control over one-third of the world. Parker argues that the rapid development of military practice in the West constituted a 'military revolution' which gave Westerners an insurmountable advantage over the peoples of other continents. This edition incorporates new material, including a substantial 'Afterword' which summarises the debate which developed after the book's first publication.
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This is a new edition of Geoffrey Parker's much-admired illustrated account of how the West, so small and so deficient in natural resources in 1500, had by 1800 come to control over one-third of the world. Parker argues that the rapid development of military practice in the West constituted a 'military revolution' which gave Westerners an insurmountable advantage over the peoples of other continents. This edition incorporates new material, including a substantial 'Afterword' which summarises the debate which developed after the book's first publication.
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Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800
H | B | T | Gramm
244 mm | 170 mm | 16 mm | 502 gr
Erscheinungsjahr
1996
FSK
0
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Taschenbuch
Verlag
Cambridge University Pr
ISBN-10
0521479584
ISBN-13
9780521479585
Autor
Geoffrey Parker
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
288
Themen
Militärgeschichte
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