Authoritative and concise, Warfare in the Western World concentrates on selected campaigns and battles, showing how political and military leaders in the West have used armies to wage war effectively over the last four centuries. The text moves through the centuries, discussing how operational developments and technological improvements eventually led to the concept of total war, first approached in the American Civil War and culminating in the twentieth century's two world wars.
- ISBN10 0669416800
- ISBN13 9780669416800
- Publish Date 11 October 1996 (first published 2 January 1995)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin
- Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Academic)
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English