CHANDLER David G

Atlas of military strategy: the art, theory and practice of war, 1618-1878 - London: Arms and Armour Press, 1998 - 208p.

COVERAGE AND ARRANGEMENT:A heavily illustrated guide to the great campaigns and battles of the period, which are also used to analyse and illustrate the evolution of tactics and strategy. Background detail, such as the contemporary state of technology and philosophy of war, is also included. Campaigns are analysed within 3 major chronological parts: Part I, 1618-1721 - Wars of religion and national expansion; Part II, 1722-1815 - European rivalries and the rise and fall of empires; Part III, 1816-78 - Towards Total War.

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ATLASES
BATTLES--ATLASES
MILITARY HISTORY--ATLASES
STRATEGY--ATLASES
WARS--ATLASES