Western Warfare, 1775-1882 9781317489924, 9781902683287

This is a wide-ranging and comprehensive survey of warfare from the outbreak of the American War of Independence to the

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English Pages 225 Year 2001

Western Warfare, 1775-1882
9781317489924, 9781902683287

Open Access This book fills a gap in the historiographical and theoretical fields of race, gender, and war. In brief,

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Beginning with the British conquest of Egypt, the subjugation of a leading non-Western state, the book goes on to examin

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This book explores not only the formal constraints on the conduct of war throughout Western history but also the unwritt

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Written for the popular reader, this small volume contains short chapters on the science behind germ warfare. How diseas

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Argues that warring countries should observe some prohibitions and restraints on how fighting is conducted and presents

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