Beschreibung:
Originally published in 1976, this book explores the relationship between European society and the military institutions it fostered from 1815-1918. In the period from the fall of Napoleonic imperialism to the outbreak of the First World War armies and navies grew in complexity, cost and size.
Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part 1 1. Regimental Ideology John Keegan 2. Pre-revolutionary Army Life in Russian Literature Richard Luckett 3. Making an Army Revolutionary: France 1815-48 Douglas Porch 4. Technology and the Military Mind: Austria 1866-1914 Andrew Wheatcroft Part 2 5. Naval Armaments and Social Crisis: Germany Before 1914 Volker Berghahn 6. The British Armaments Industry 1890-1914: False Legend and True Utility Clive Trebilcock 7. Organising an Economy for War: the Russian Shell Shortage 1914-17 Norman Stone 8. How Right is Might? Some Aspects of the International Debate about How to Fight Wars and How to Win Them, 1870-1918 Geoffrey Best. Notes on Contributors.