This book offers an inviting survey of recent developments in military studies from leading voices in the field.Deemed the New York Review of Books for history, Historical Speaking has emerged as one of the most unusual historical publications in recent years, actively seeking out contributions from a pantheon of leading voices in historical discourse from both inside and outside academia. Recent Themes in Military History represents some of the best writing on military history to appear in Historically Speaking in the past five years.Using multiple formats - forums, interviews, and individual essays - this collection provides contrasting views on such topics in military history as the existence and function of military revolutions in the past and present, the experience of soldiering and combat, the particularly violent and gruesome nature of twentieth-century warfare and projections of nature of future wars. The ebb and flow of discourse between contributors also illustrates how the study of history is an ongoing conversation wherein discovery and debate lead to deeper understanding and development of fresh opportunities for further inquiry.The contributors are Andrew J. Bacevich, Eric Bergerud, Jeremy Black, Max Boot, Jeffrey Clarke, Antulio J. Echevarria II, Niall Ferguson, Colin S. Gray, T. X. Hammes, Victor Davis Hanson, Max Hastings, Richard Holmes, Peter Paret, Geoffrey Parker, and Dennis Showalter.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
ISBN-13
9781570037382
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96751524
Product Key Features
Author
Donald A. Yerxa
Publication Name
Recent Themes in Military History
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
128 Pages
Additional Product Features
Series Title
Historians in Conversation
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Donald A. Yerxa
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