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Jeremy Black - War and the Cultural Turn - 9780745648330 - V9780745648330
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War and the Cultural Turn

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Description for War and the Cultural Turn Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 424.

In this stimulating new text, renowned military historian Jeremy Black unpacks the concept of culture as a descriptive and analytical approach to the history of warfare. Black takes the reader through the limits and prospects of culture as a tool for analyzing war, while also demonstrating the necessity of maintaining the context of alternative analytical matrices, such as technology.

Black sets out his unique approach to culture and warfare without making his paradigm into a straightjacket. He goes on to demonstrate the flexibility of his argument through a series of case studies which include the contexts of rationale (Gloire), strategy ... Read more

Wide-ranging, international and always provocative, War and the Cultural Turn will be required reading for all students of military history and security studies.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745648330
SKU
V9780745648330
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Jeremy Black
Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter.

Reviews for War and the Cultural Turn
"Black's thoughts and arguments on what he terms the 'cultural turn' in military history are important and will be widely read by military historians." Parergon "A thoughtful and informed study that draws on a wide range of examples." European History Quarterly "This book is profoundly important for historians of warfare, but above all for its practitioners." John France, ... Read more

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