The Changing Face of War: Combat from the Marne to Iraq
- ISBN-10
- 0891419020
- ISBN-13
- 9780891419020
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 319
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-01
- Publisher
- Presidio Press
- Author
- Martin van Creveld
Description
A provocative look at how war has changed over the course of the past century reveals how twentieth-century warfare evolved from its historical predecessors, as well as what terrorism and other modern-day phenomena mean in terms of the future of war. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
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