Warfare and History
About the Book Series
This new series of single-authored books on war, warfare and society marks a major new publishing initiative in military history for undergraduate students. Covering the whole span of history, the series seeks to encourage works on the impact of war and the preparations for war on social, economic and political developments. The books will eschew the 'battles and generals' approach, and seek to place militarism in context.
War in Modern China: A Military History
1st Edition
By Harold M Tanner
October 28, 2025
This book offers comprehensive coverage of China’s military history from the Qing dynasty (1644–1912) to present. China has become one of the great world powers of the twenty-first century. As a result, Chinese leaders and observers outside of China alike seek to explain China’s strategic ...
The Indian Rebellion, 1857-1859: A Military History in the Global Context
1st Edition
By Kaushik Roy
December 30, 2024
The Indian Rebellion 1857–1859: A Military History in the Global Context focuses on the military dimension of this conflict, in which Indian rebels waged both conventional and unconventional warfare against the British. In the summer of 1857, British rule almost disintegrated in north India due to ...
The War of American Independence, 1763-1783: Falling Dominoes
1st Edition
By Stanley D. M. Carpenter, Kevin J. Delamer, James R. McIntyre, Andrew T. Zwilling
February 15, 2023
The War of American Independence, 1763–1783: Falling Dominoes addresses the military, maritime and naval, economic, key personalities, key societal groups, political, imperial rivalry, and diplomatic dynamics and events from the post-Seven Years’ War era in Great Britain’s North American colonies ...
Modern Insurgencies and Counterinsurgencies: A Global History
1st Edition
By Kaushik Roy
August 25, 2022
This book provides a historical study of the theory and praxis of modern insurgencies and counterinsurgencies (COIN). Modern Insurgencies and Counterinsurgencies: A Global History shows that the insurgents can wage a variety of conflicts: at times conventional war which lies at the high end of ...
The First World Empire: Portugal, War and Military Revolution
1st Edition
Edited
By Hélder Carvalhal, André Murteira, Roger Lee de Jesus
April 06, 2021
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the early modern military history of Portugal and its possessions in Africa, the Americas, and Asia from the perspective of the military revolution historiographical debate. The existence of a military revolution in the early modern period has been much ...
Military Thought of Asia: From the Bronze Age to the Information Age
1st Edition
By Kaushik Roy
November 05, 2020
Military Thought of Asia challenges the assertion that the generation of rational secular ideas about the conduct of warfare is the preserve of the West, by analysing the history of ideas of warfare in Asia from the ancient period to the present. The volume takes a transcontinental and comparative ...
Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades 1000-1300
1st Edition
By John France
June 30, 2020
From the author of Victory in the East: A Military History of the First Crusade, this book offers a wide-ranging and innovative survey of crusading warfare, and is intended as a standard reference for students and professional historians...
The Spanish Civil War: A Military History
1st Edition
By Charles J Esdaile
September 20, 2018
The Spanish Civil War: A Military History takes a new, military approach to the conflict that tore Spain apart from 1936 to 1939. In many histories, the war has been treated as a primarily political event with the military narrative subsumed into a much broader picture of the Spain of 1936–9 in ...
Israel's Wars: A History Since 1947
4th Edition
By Ahron Bregman
February 12, 2016
Israel's Wars is a fascinating and essential insight into the turbulent history of this troubled country which, since its foundation, has endured almost constant violence. Bringing its coverage up to date with recent conflicts, this fourth edition includes a new chapter on the Gaza wars from 2007-...
War in the Modern World, 1990-2014
1st Edition
By Jeremy Black
September 04, 2014
In War in the Modern World, 1990-2014, Jeremy Black looks at the most modern of conflicts from the perspective that war is a central feature of the modern world. Arguing that understanding non-Western developments is crucial if the potential of Western war-making is to be assessed accurately, the ...
Warfare, State and Society on the Black Sea Steppe, 1500-1700
1st Edition
By Brian Davies
June 15, 2007
This crucial period in Russia's history has, up until now, been neglected by historians, but here Brian L. Davies' study provides an essential insight into the emergence of Russia as a great power. For nearly three centuries, Russia vied with the Crimean Khanate, the Polish-Lithuanian ...
European Warfare in a Global Context, 1660-1815
1st Edition
By Jeremy Black
December 26, 2006
This original book presents a global approach to eighteenth century warfare. Emphasis is placed on the importance of conflict in the period and the capacity for decisiveness in impact and development in method. Through this Jeremy Black extends the view beyond land to naval conflict. European...