War in the Modern World

Contents:

Preface

Introduction to the Johns Hopkins Edition, by Alex Roland

Introduction to the Original Edition

Part I: The Age of the Great Captain

sChapter 1: Land Warfare from the Renaissance to the Neoclassical Age (1415-1789)

i. New Techniques and Types of Military Organization

ii. The Wars for Italy and the Rise of Spain (1494-1559)

iii. The Army of the Spanish Hapsburgs

iv. Spain's Decline (1559-1659)

v. The Age of Louis XIV (1643-1715)

vi. The Age of Frederick the Great: Neoclassical Warfare

vii. The Common Soldier in the Neoclassical AgeChapter 2: Naval Warfare from the Renaissance to the Neoclassical Age (1417-1789)

i. The Command of the Sea

ii. Portuguese and Spanish Sea Power

iii. The Rise of English Sea Power

iv. Navies in the Neoclassical AgeChapter 3: The Anglo-American Military Tradition

i. The Weakness of the Standing Army

ii. Problems of Imperial Defense

iii. The Break with Britain

iv. The Continental Army and Navy

v. The British in the American RevolutionChapter 4: The French Revolution and Napoleon

i. French Military Reformers

ii. The Revolution

iii. The Organizer of Victory

iv. The Napoleonic Empire

v. The Opposition to Napoleon: The Peninsula

vi. The Opposition to Napoleon in Eastern EuropePart II: The Industrial Revolution and WarChapter 5: The First Half of Nineteenth Century (1815-1853)

i. Britain and the Long Peace

ii. Austria, Russia, and France

iii. PrussiaChapter 6: The Wars of the Mid-Nineteenth Century (1854-1871)

i. The New Weapons of the Industrial Revolution

ii. The Crimean and Italian Wars

iii. The Rise of Germany

iv. The American Civil War: Men and Tactics

v. The American Civil War: StrategyChapter 7: The Years of Uneasy Peace (1871-1914)

i. Military Organization: The Spread of Prussian Doctrine

ii. Mobilization and Intellectual Preparation of the Mass Army

iii. The Race for Colonies and Sea Power

iv. Land Tactics with the New Fire Weapons

v. The War Plans of the Continental Powers

vi. British Participation in a Continental WarPart III: The Age of Violence

Chapter 8: The First World War

i. The Opening Battles (1914)

ii. Deadlock in the West (1915-1916)

iii. German Victory in the East (1915-1916)

iv. The United States and the War (1917)

v. Years of Decision (1917-1918)Chapter 9: The Long Armistice (1919-1939)

i. The Peace Settlements

ii. The Totalitarian State: Bolshevik Russia

iii. Italian Fascism and the Theories of Giulio Douhet

iv. The Military Recovery of Germany

v. The Three DemocraciesChapter 10: The Second World War

i. The Opening Battles

ii. Britain, the Mediterranean, and the Atlantic

iii. The Russo-German War

iv. Allied Deployment: Decision in Western Europe

v. The East Asian and Pacific Wars: The Japanese Raid

vi. The Allied Counterattack in the Pacific

vii. The War for East AsiaEpilogue

Index

""A substantial and scholarly history of modern warfare from the age of the 'great captains' through the innovations of the industrial revolution, to our age of unlimited violence.""