War Studies Reader

Download or read book War Studies Reader written by Gary Sheffield and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reader provides authoritative and thought-provoking pieces of War Studies scholarship in an accessible form. Covering a wide spectrum of topics, including strategy (Colin S. Gray), 'Shell-Shock and the Cultural History of the Great War' (Jay Winter) and Coalition Warfare (Holger H. Herwig), this book purposefully ranges across military history, international relations and contemporary security to capture the multidisciplinary nature of the subject. Gary Sheffield also provides an introduction to the Reader and to War Studies, explaining the growth and development of this dynamic field of study.