Active or retired military members of most countries will especially enjoy the fights against bureaucracy going back to the napoleonic warsplus ca change i guess. The oxford book of military anecdotes by max hastings. With more than 1,100 entries written by some 500 distinguished contributors, the oxford companion to american military history is the most comprehensive treatment of american military history ever compiled parameters. In 2014 we added other vehicles to the oxford military range british n scale. In his essay on the use and abuse of military history, professor sir.
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This definitive onevolume reference provides a wealth of historical detail as it takes readers on a lively journey through the annals of the british army. Why democracy won in the 20th century and how it is. The oxford companion to military history by richard holmes. As a result, the military professionalism that evolved to foster modern war is beginning to erode. Series in military history oxford university press. The series complements studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare by focusing on the hard military history of armies, tactics, strategy and warfare. If anecdotes are marginal notes on the pages of history, these will delight any reader who has ever been moved or. Entries cover policy and practice appealing to those who view military history as a primarily practice based discipline. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading age of enlightenment. Union military policy toward southern civilians 18611865, 1996. Mcpherson on the battle of antietam, john keegan on the changing experience of combat, jean bethke elshtain on jane addams, mark a.
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