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Clausewitz, Carl von

Christopher Bassford

Subject: Military History »

Date Added: 2012-02-06

Carl von Clausewitz ...

Coalition and Alliance War

Richard L. DiNardo

Subject: Military History »

Date Added: 2013-04-22

Coalition and Alliance War Introduction Arguably coalition warfare is as old as civilization itself. The ancient Greek city-states combined to...

Cold War, 1945-1990

Mary Kathryn Barbier

Subject: Military History »

Date Added: 2013-05-28

Cold War, 1945–1990 Introduction The world viewed World War I as the “war to end all wars,” and then came World War II. It was a conflict that...

Commemoration

Mary Kathryn Barbier

Subject: Military History »

Date Added: 2012-02-06

Commemoration Introduction Societies commemorate past events in different ways, and in many cases, decisions about how to honor those who foug...

Communications, French Revolution to Present

Jonathan Reed Winkler

Subject: Military History »

Date Added: 2012-02-06

Communications, French Revolution to the Present Introduction Over the past two centuries, communications has become a critical element of mili...

Cornwallis, Charles

Stanley Carpenter

Subject: Military History »

Date Added: 2012-02-06

Charles Cornwallis Introduction Charles Cornwallis, second earl and first marquess Cornwallis, was born on 31 December 1738 and died on 5 Octob...

Counterinsurgency in the Modern World

Scott Gates, Kaushik Roy

Subject: Military History »

Date Added: 2012-02-06

Counterinsurgency in the Modern World Introduction Together, terrorism and guerrilla warfare for the most part constitute insurgencies. While ...

Cromwell, Oliver

Stanley Carpenter

Subject: Military History »

Date Added: 2012-02-06

Oliver Cromwell Introduction Oliver Cromwell was born on 25 April 1599 and died on 3 September 1658. As a member of Parliament representing Hu...

Crusades, The

Jonathan Phillips

Subject: Military History »

Date Added: 2012-06-26

The Crusades Introduction The history of the Crusades is a long and complex story. At the Council of Clermont in November 1095, Pope Urban II ...

Defense Industries

Aaron Plamondon

Subject: Military History »

Date Added: 2012-02-06

Defense Industries Introduction The improvements in the industrialization of weapons and equipment production have altered the way wars have be...

European Wars, Mid-Nineteenth-Century

Frederick C. Schneid

Subject: Military History »

Date Added: 2012-11-21

Mid-Nineteenth-Century European Wars Introduction Wars in the mid-19th century reflected the changing nature of European society, politics, an...

Frederick the Great

Patrick Shrier

Subject: Military History »

Date Added: 2013-04-22

Frederick The Great Introduction Frederick the Great (1712–1786) is one of the most fascinating figures of the Early Modern period. He cut a p...

French Armies, Early Modern

Julia Osman

Subject: Military History »

Date Added: 2013-04-22

Early Modern French Armies Introduction Historians who study the early modern French army are interested in a variety of different aspects of ...

French Military, 1919-1940

Jeffrey A. Gunsburg

Subject: Military History »

Date Added: 2013-02-26

French Military, 1919–1940 Introduction The subject of this bibliography is the development of the French army (and its subsidiary air forces,...

German Air Forces

Richard L. DiNardo

Subject: Military History »

Date Added: 2013-02-26

German Air Forces Introduction Certainly few military establishments have generated as much literature as that of Germany and its component pa...

German Army, 1871-1945

Jeff Rutherford

Subject: Military History »

Date Added: 2012-02-06

German Army, 1871–1945 Introduction From the founding of Bismarck’s Reich to the Gotterdämmerung of the Third Reich, the Prusso-German army pro...

German Unification, Wars of

David Wetzel

Subject: Military History »

Date Added: 2012-02-06

Wars of German Unification Introduction The German empire came into being as a result of three successful wars fought by Prussia between the ye...

Grant, Ulysses S.

Brooks D. Simpson

Subject: Military History »

Date Added: 2012-06-26

Ulysses S. Grant Introduction Ulysses S. Grant’s reputation as both a general and as a president has experienced its ups and downs. During his...

Hundred Years War

John D. Hosler

Subject: Military History »

Date Added: 2013-04-22

Hundred Years War Introduction Along with the Crusades, the Hundred Years War (1337–1453) is probably the most-researched area of medieval mil...

India 'Mutiny' and 'Revolution,' 1857-1858

Biswamoy Pati

Subject: Military History »

Date Added: 2012-02-06

India “Mutiny” and “Revolution,” 1857–1858 Introduction “The Rani who is our mother, strikes repeatedly at the British. / She is the chief of t...

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