The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 B.C. to the Present
by R. Ernest Dupuy, Trevor N. Dupuy
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A comprehensive survey of the history of war and of military affairs in the world throughout recorded human experience; and a reliable, relatively complete and authoritative reference work covering the entire sweep of world military history.Tags
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Absolutely necessary manual of military history - better than others in that it is chronologically ordered. Extensive categorization and clear labeling of dates makes it a breeze to look up any particular country/time/conflict.
An excellent overview of military history. Quite Eurocentric, so not the ultimate encyclopedia but very close. The chapters notes are also of great value.
This is a comprehensive military history of the world from 3500 BC to the present (circa 1980). An excellent reference when reading literature from almost any period that references war, for example Tolstoy's War and Peace.
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- Original title
- The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 B.C. to the Present
- Original publication date
- 1993; 1975; 1986 (rev.) (rev.); 1993 (rev.) (rev.)
- Important events
- Napoleonic Wars; Battle of Sphacteria; American Civil War; World War I; World War II
- Dedication
- To the memory of
THEODORE AYRAULT DODGE and JOHN FREDERICK CHARLES FULLER
who pointed the way - First words
- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
In writing this boo, the authors have had two general purposes in mind: to present to both scholar and general reader a comprehensive survey of the history of war and of military affairs in the... (show all) world throughout recorded human experience; and to provide a reliable, relatively complete, and authoritative reference work covering the entire sweep of world military history.
PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION
It is now more than thirty years since my father and I began to work on The Encyclopedia of Military History, and almost twenty-two years since we completed the first edition. - Original language
- English
Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, Reference, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 355.009 — Society, government, & culture Public administration & military science The Military - Land, Air & Sea / Warfare Biography And History
- LCC
- D25 .A2 .D8 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania History (General) Military and naval history
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- 393
- Popularity
- 79,634
- Reviews
- 3
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- (4.36)
- Languages
- Chinese, English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 9
- UPCs
- 1
- ASINs
- 8
