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The shortest history of war: from hunter-gatherers to nuclear superpowers-- a retelling for our times
The shortest history of war: from hunter-gatherers to nuclear superpowers-- a retelling for our times
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Dyer, Gwynne
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From the Book - [Revised North American edition].
Origins
How combat works
The evolution of battle, 3500-1500 BCE
Classical war, 1500 BCE-1400 CE
Absolute monarchs and limited war, 1400-1790 CE
Mass warfare, 1790-1900
Total war
A short history of nuclear war, 1945-1900
Trifurcation : nuclear, conventional, terrorist
The end of war.
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History
Military art and science
Military art and science -- History
Political
War
War -- History
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Dyer, Gwynne
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Richards, Gareth
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9781615199303
9798765045657
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