Sterling Pavelec

War and Warfare since 1945 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Beginning with an exploration into the question of what war is, War and Warfare since 1945 provides a chronological analysis of military history since the end of World War II extending through to an analysis of the limits of modern warfare in the nuclear age with the purpose of examining why war occurs and how it is carried out.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351706865
• Artikelnr.: 48958855

Autorenporträt

Dr. Sterling Michael Pavelec is currently an Associate Professor of Military History - with an airpower focus - at the U.S. Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. His previous publications include The Military-Industrial Complex and American Society (2010) and The Jet Race and the Second World War (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction: What is War?
Chapter One: The Aftermath of World War Two, 1945-1954
Chapter Two: Shaping the Global Order, 1954-1964
Chapter Three: Proxy Wars and Political Violence, 1964-1975
Chapter Four: Cold War Tension and Resolution, 1975-1990
Chapter Five: Cold War Civil Wars
Chapter Six: "The End of History" and the New World Order, 1991-2001
Chapter Seven: The World Since 9/11
Chapter Eight: The Future of War and Warfare
Epilogue: A Philosophy of War
Bibliography
Index