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The Reader's Companion to Military History
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by Robert Cowley, Geoffrey Parker, and Society for Military History
Sales Rank: 379249
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 573 pages
Published by: Houghton Mifflin Company November 1996
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0395669693
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0395669693
Book Dimensions:
10.1 x 7.5 x 1.6 inches
Weighs: 2.9 pounds
From School Library Journal
YA. This well illustrated, solidly researched, articulately written volume is a major contribution to the field of military history. YAs will find short articles helpful for researching term papers and for satisfying curiosity regarding wars and the people, institutions, and doctrines that fight, wage, and control them. While other compendia deal with military history from the start of recorded time, such as E. R. Dupuy and Trevor N. Dupuy's The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History (HarperCollins, 1993), none approach the subject from as many different aspects as this one. This objective work deals with military history on five continents (nothing on Australia) and from ancient times to this decade. It contains compact and thorough articles on conflicts from the Algerian War to the Zulu Wars; major battles from Actium to Zama; significant land, sea, and air combat leaders from Edmund Allenby to Georgii Zhukov. Also included are military philosophers and their theories from Sun Tzu to Karl von Clausewitz; and military technological advances from Greek Fire to land, sea, and air precision-guided munitions. Some articles are as current as today's newspaper, such as "Gays in the Military." What makes the publication so effective is its brilliantly composed, lengthy, and thorough index. Finally, and most importantly, the military historians who wrote the cogent essays are tops in the profession.?Alan L. Gropman, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Cowley, editor of MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, and Parker (naval and military history, Yale) bring together the contributions of 150 journalists, historians, scholars, and biographers in more than 590 entries to this polished one-volume encyclopedia of war. Although Western-oriented and with an emphasis on 19th- and 20th-century warfare, it offers more than just a routine listing of people, places, and events in the history of war. The editors have skillfully added well-written pieces on the art and science of war, including entries on deception, strategy, discipline, espionage, logistics, geography, laws of war, origins of war, weather, and treachery. Best are the entries on the theories of land and naval warfare, especially those by Clausewitz, Corbett, and Mahan. Also included are numerous sidebars of little relevance or value, most being entirely subjective and without historical foundation (e.g., "Ten Best War Movies," "Ten Best Works of Historical Fiction About War"). Recommended for general readers.?Col. William D. Bushnell, USMC (ret.), Brunswick, Me.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Reader Reviews
I originally picked this up at the library, just to browse through, but I stayed up late several nights running, absorbed in the essays and following the cross-references from topic to topic. My wife took pity on me and bought it for my birthday. You needn't be a military historian to understand it and you needn't be an academic to enjoy it. The editors have done a wonderful job of unifying the submissions of a large number of specialists and of controlling the jargon level. The articles also discuss art, philosophy, and other theoretically non-military subjects, as well as weapons and tactics. And the scattered lists -- the ten best battlefields to visit, etc. -- will get your attention. Very highly recommended.
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