The Origins of the Wars of German Unification, 1864-1871 (Origins of Modern Wars) by William Carr, Harry Hearder
English | March 4, 1991 | ISBN: 0582491487, 1138153044 | True EPUB/PDF | 254 pages | 2.4/6.1 MB
In his last book, the late William Carr provides a masterly account of the origins and impact of the three major wars fought by Prussia in creating the Bismarckian Reich of 1871. He begins with a study of the development of nationalism and liberalism from the late eighteenth century to the 1860's, before turning to a detailed examination of the Schleswig-Holstein Conflict of 1864; the `Six Weeks War' of 1866; and the Franco-Prussia War of 1870-71.
The Origins of the Vietnam War (Origins of Modern Wars) by Anthony Short
English | October 16, 1989 | ISBN: 0582490812 | True EPUB/PDF | 364 pages | 2.5/11.3 MB
This study examines the origins of the Vietnam War itself, going back to the nature of French colonial rule in the early 20th century. It investigates the original conflict between France, as well as the United States, and the forces of Vietnamese nationalism and communism.
The Origins of the Second World War in Europe (Origins of Modern Wars), 3rd Edition by P. M. H. Bell
English | April 26, 2007 | ISBN: 1405840285, 1138128406 | True EPUB/PDF | 417 pages | 19.5/6.3 MB
P.M.H. Bell's famous book is a comprehensive study of the period and debates surrounding the European origins of the Second World War. He approaches the subject from three different angles: describing the various explanations that have been offered for the war and the historiographical debates that have arisen from them, analysing the ideological, economic and strategic forces at work in Europe during the 1930s, and tracing the course of events from peace in 1932, via the initial outbreak of hostilities in 1939, through to the climactic German attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 which marked the descent into general conflict.
The Origins of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific (Origins of Modern Wars) by Akira Iriye
English | April 6, 1987 | ISBN: 0582493498, 1138174610 | True EPUB/PDF | 214 pages | 3/6 MB
Professor Iriye analyses the origins of the 1941 conflict against the background of international relations in the preceding decade in order to answer the key question: Why did Japan decide to go to war against so formidable a combination of powers?
The Origins of the Russo-Japanese War (Origins Of Modern Wars) by Ian Nish
English | April 9, 1985 | ISBN: 0582491142, 1138162329 | True EPUB/PDF | 288 pages | 3.1/17.1 MB
The Russo-Japanese war of 1904-5 has been seen as the turning point of the development of the modern world. Written by a specialist in Japanese diplomacy, this book has been described by the Times Higher Education Supplement as 'diplomatic history at its very best'.
The Origins of the Russian Civil War (Origins of Modern Wars) by Geoffrey Swain
English | October 23, 1995 | ISBN: 0582059682, 1138837458 | True EPUB/PDF | 312 pages | 2.5/6.9 MB
Concentrating on the turbulent months from February 1917 to November 1918, Geoffrey Swain explores the origins of the Civil War against the wider background of revolutionary Russia. He examines the aims of the anti-Bolshevik insurgents themselves; but he also shows how far the fear of civil war governed the action of the Provisional Government, and even the plans of the Bolsheviks. If the war itself can seem a fairly straightforward line-up of revolutionaries and counter-revolutionaries, this study reveals how complex were the motives of the people who precipitated it.
The Origins of the Korean War (Origins of Modern Wars), 2nd Edition by Peter Lowe
English | June 10, 1997 | ISBN: 0582251478 | True EPUB/PDF | 302 pages | 2.5/6.3 MB
The impressive Second Edition of this standard study incorporates important new evidence on the origins of the war from Chinese and Russian archives. It reveals that Stalin encouraged the attack on South Korea, but also confirms that the original initiative came from North Korea. Peter Lowe has also written an extended conclusion with a discussion of the Koreas in the late 1990s, and the challenges involved in securing their reunification.
The Origins of the French Revolutionary Wars (Origins of Modern Wars) by T. C. W. Blanning
English | April 1, 1986 | ISBN: 0582490510, 1138163023 | True EPUB/PDF | 236 pages | 2/10.8 MB
A major synthesis of current research on the three wars fought by France during the Revolution - against Austria and Prussia; Britain, Spain and the United Provinces; and against the Second Coalition.
The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Wars (Origins of Modern Wars), 4th Edition by Ritchie Ovendale
English | April 15, 2004 | ISBN: 058282320X, 1138145750 | True EPUB/PDF | 398 pages | 3.8/4.5 MB
Of all the troubles affecting the modern world few are as topical, deep rooted and intractable as the Arab-Israeli conflict. For this region, an understanding of the past is vital to an understanding of the present. Ritchie Ovendale¿s classic study of the roots of the conflict is now updated for a fourth time and considers events until 2003.
The Origins of the American Civil War (Origins of Modern Wars) by Brian Holden Reid
English | August 13, 1996 | ISBN: 0582491789, 1138148016 | True PDF | 456 pages | 18.5 MB
This impressive volume - one of the most eagerly awaited additions to a famous series - treats with appropriate amplitude and authority the origins of one of the most terrible conflicts of modern times. The American Civil War was the bloodiest war of the nineteenth century. In its mingling of ideology and self-interest, and in the destructiveness of its weaponry, the extent of its casualties, the degree to which resources on both sides had to be mobilised for the war effort, and, not least, in the way the realities of warfare were brought home - literally - into the drawing rooms and parlours of the American people and far beyond, it can claim not only to prefigure modern warfare but itself to be the first distinctively modern war.