The shortest history of war / Gwynne Dyer ; illustrations by James Nunn.
Yer Numarası
A.IX/5161
ISBN
9781910400845
9781910400852 (ebook)
9781910400852 (ebook)
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yazar
Yayın Bilgisi
Exeter : Old Street Publishing, 2021.
Fiziksel Niteleme
241, [2] sayfa : resim, portre, çizim, şekil, grafik, tablo ; 22 cm
Bibliyografi, vb. Notu
Bibliyografik notlar s. [233]-239.
İçindekiler Notu
Origins -- How combat works -- The evolution of battle, 3500-1500BC -- Classical war, 1500BC-1400AD -- Absolute monarchs and limited war, 1400-1790 -- Mass warfare, 1790-1900 -- Total war -- A short history of nuclear war, 1945-1990 -- Trifurcation: nuclear conventional, terrorist -- The end of war Endnotes -- Image credits.
Özet, vb.
“In this addition to the bestselling ‘shortest history’ series, acclaimed historian and military expert Gwynne Dyer tells the story of war from its prehistoric – perhaps pre-human – origins up to the present age of algorithms and atom bombs.
Dyer chronicles the spread of warfare in the world’s first cities; the seemingly inexorable rise of inequality and tyranny as human societies expand; the millennium-long ‘classical age’ of combat ended by the firearm and the carnage of the Thirty Years’ War; the brief ensuing interlude of ‘limited war’ before the popular revolutions of the 18th century ushered in an era of total war – itself abruptly halted by Hiroshima.
The final chapters deal with the precarious equilibrium of the past 75 years – the longest period of peace between major powers in modern history – and with the looming threats of nuclear proliferation, superpower rivalry and climate change“ -- Yayıncı.
Konu
Emeği Geçenler
Nunn, James, resimleyen.
