Overview
The Swiss historian Jean Jacques Babel has estimated that the 5500 years or so of recorded history have witnessed a meagre total of 292 years of peace, and few of those were ever so storied as the years of conflict. This encyclopaedia describes not only the military aspect of wars - such as the causes of conflict, enumeration of battles, a summary of the outcome - but also the social and political context in which the wars occurred. In three volumes containing more that 2000 A-to-Z entries, it covers every major war, rebellion and revolution from 3500 BCE to the present. Each entry begins with an at-a-glance look at the war in question, including a list of belligerents; a statement of the causes of the war; the date of its declaration (if any); the numbers (where known) of those under arms and the casualties they suffered; a summary of the outcome; and (where appropriate) the names and dates of the treaties or documents ending the conflict. A narrative discussion of the war follows, examining its social context, the major battles and events of the war and its wider significance. Each entry concludes with a list of further readings and a general bibliography of major texts on war appears in the final volume. Numerous cross-references, a chronology and 60 maps should make the encyclopaedia highly accessible.
Full Product Details
Author: Charles Phillips ,
Alan Axelrod
Publisher: Facts On File Inc
Imprint: Facts On File Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 21.60cm
, Height: 8.90cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 4.577kg
ISBN: 9780816028511
ISBN 10: 0816028516
Pages: 1536
Publication Date: 30 November 2004
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Author Information
Charles Phillips is the author or coauthor of numerous works on history and culture, including My Brother's Face: Portraits of the Civil War, What Every American Should Know About American History, and Facts On File's Encyclopedia of Historical Treaties and Alliances. Alan Axelrod is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including Encyclopedia of the American West, Patton on Leadership, and Facts On File's Dictators and Tyrants and Encyclopedia of Historical Treaties and Alliances.
