War and warfare since 1945 / Sterling Michael Pavelec.
War and warfare since 1945 / Sterling Michael Pavelec.
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
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N355.02/108
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 173 pages ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: What is war? -- The aftermath of World War Two, 1945-1954 -- Shaping the global order, 1954-1964 -- Proxy wars and political violence, 1964-1975 -- Cold war tension and resolution, 1975-1990 -- Cold War civil wars -- "The end of history" and the new world order, 1991-2001 -- The world...
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Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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"Beginning with an exploration into the question of what war is, War and Warfare Since 1945 provides a chronological analysis of military history since the end of World War II extending through to an analysis of the limits of modern warfare in the nuclear age with the purpose of examining why war occurs and how it is carried out. The book concludes...
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War and warfare since 1945 / Sterling Michael Pavelec.
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The making of the contemporary world
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N355.02/108
Record Identifier
74VKVEK3KbvA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVEK3KbvA
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ISBN
9781138828186 hardback alkaline paper
1138828181 hardback alkaline paper
9781138828193 paperback alkaline paper
113882819X paperback alkaline paper
DDC
355.02
MMS ID
991024129894702626
