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020			_a9780300270686 _q(hardcover ; _qalk. paper)
020			_z0300270682 _q(hardcover ; _qalk. paper)
035			_a23618711
035			_a(OCoLC)1402244535
040			_aau _beng _erda _cau
042			_apcc
049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050	0	0	_aU27 _b.M8748 2024
100	1		_aMurray, Williamson, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe dark path : _bthe structure of war and the rise of the West / _cWilliamson Murray.
260			_c2024
264		1	_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press, _c2024
264		4	_c2024
300			_aviii, 473 pages : _bmaps ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aFrom an esteemed military historian, a sweeping history of the revolutions in war-fighting that have shaped the modern world Heraclitus wrote that "war is the father of all" and it has formed much of the modern world. Although the fundamental nature of war has not altered over the centuries, constant change, innovation, and adaptation have repeatedly reshaped how wars are fought in the West. Revolutions in military practice cannot be separated from larger social developments in areas like logistics, finance and economics, and the culture of military organizations. In The Dark Path, Williamson Murray argues that the history of warfare in the West hinged on five revolutions, which both reflected the social, political, and economic conditions that produced them and in turn influenced how those conditions evolved. These five key turning points are the advent of the modern state, which formed bureaucracies and professional militaries; the Industrial Revolution, which produced the financial and industrial means to sustain and equip large armies; the French Revolution, which provided the ideological basis needed to sustain armies through continent-sized wars; the merging of the Industrial and French Revolutions in the U.S. Civil War; and the accelerating integration of technological advancement, financial capacity, ideology, and government that unleashed the modern capacity for total warfare. An ambitious work of synthesis, this book shows how the world continually re-creates war-and how war, in turn, continually re-creates the world. --
650		0	_aMilitary art and science _xHistory.
650		0	_aMilitary history.
650		0	_aMilitarism.
650		0	_aCivilization, Western.
650		6	_aArt et science militaires _xHistoire.
650		6	_aHistoire militaire.
650		6	_aMilitarisme.
650		6	_aCivilisation occidentale.
655		0	_aPrint books. _2local _94
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