War Studies Reader -

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Résumé :
This reader provides authoritative and thought-provoking pieces of War Studies scholarship in an accessible form. Covering a wide spectrum of topics, including strategy (Colin S. Gray), 'Shell-Shock and the Cultural History of the Great War' (Jay Winter) and Coalition Warfare (Holger H. Herwig), this book purposefully ranges across military history, international relations and contemporary security to capture the multidisciplinary nature of the subject. Gary Sheffield also provides an introduction to the Reader and to War Studies, explaining the growth and development of this dynamic field of study.

Sommaire:
Editor's Introduction \ 1. Why Study Military History? (Peter Gray) \ 2. Why Strategy is Difficult (Colin Gray) \ 3. General William T. Sherman and Total War (John Bennett Walters) \ 4. Disjointed Allies: Coalition Warfare in Berlin and Vienna, 1914 (Holger H. Herwig) \ 5. Freies Deutschland Guerilla Warfare in East Prussia, 1944-1945: A Contribution to the History of the German Resistance (Perry Biddiscombe) \ 6. Revolutions in Warfare: Theoretical Paradigms and Historical Evidence - The Napoleonic and First World War Revolutions in Military Affairs (Andrew N. Liaropoulos) \ 7. Atrocity, War Crime and Treason in the English Civil War (Barbara Donagan) \ 8. Shell-shock and the Cultural History of the Great War (Jay Winter) \ 9. War Casualties, Policy Positions and the Fate of Legislators (Scott Sigmund Gartner, Gary M. Segura and Bethany A. Barratt) \ 10. Chinese Military Power: What Vexes the United States and Why? (Jonathan D. Pollack)

'This is an interesting and, on occasion, stimulating collection because it does not just contain essays on various aspects of the subject but papers looking at the field itself.'--Sanford Lakoff