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Military Strategy and the Origins of the First World War: An International Security Reader - Revised and Expanded Edition
Steven E. Miller (Ed.)
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Description for Military Strategy and the Origins of the First World War: An International Security Reader - Revised and Expanded Edition
Paperback. Editor(s): Miller, Steven E.; Lynn-Jones, Sean M.; Van Evera, Stephen. Series: International Security Readers. Num Pages: 328 pages, genealogical tables. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 457.
These five essays from the prestigious journal International Security analyze the outbreak of the First World War from the standpoint of power politics and military strategy. "The disaster of 1914 continues to haunt the contemporary security debate," writes Steven E. Miller in his introduction. "In the nuclear age, the images that remain from the summer of 1914--the escalation from an isolated event in a far corner of Europe to a global war, the apparent loss of control of the situation by key decision-makers, the crowding out of diplomacy by military exigencies, the awful, protracted, often senseless slaughter on the battlefield--raise ... Read more
These five essays from the prestigious journal International Security analyze the outbreak of the First World War from the standpoint of power politics and military strategy. "The disaster of 1914 continues to haunt the contemporary security debate," writes Steven E. Miller in his introduction. "In the nuclear age, the images that remain from the summer of 1914--the escalation from an isolated event in a far corner of Europe to a global war, the apparent loss of control of the situation by key decision-makers, the crowding out of diplomacy by military exigencies, the awful, protracted, often senseless slaughter on the battlefield--raise ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
International Security Readers
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691023496
SKU
V9780691023496
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Reviews for Military Strategy and the Origins of the First World War: An International Security Reader - Revised and Expanded Edition
"Editor Steven E. Miller has assembled essays by five scholars, each of whom has written an excellent study of the major facets of military strategy in the years before 1914 from the perspective of the nuclear age."
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