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Book SynopsisTWENTIETH-CENTURY WAR AND CONFLICT With rich entries that highlight the political context, strategic significance, and tactical detail of each conflict, this encyclopedia is an essential reference for students of military history and strategic studies.
Theo Farrell, King's College London
Drawn from the award-winning five-volume Encyclopedia ofWar (Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2013), the single-volume Twentieth-Century War and Conflict provides an essential guide to the conflicts and concepts that shaped warfare in the twentieth-century and up to the present day. This concise reference contains a range of entries from 1,000 to 6,000 words long, each written by a leading international scholar.
This concise encyclopedia provides full coverage of global conflicts and themes in twentieth-century war. World Wars I and II are covered by 10 separate entries. Lesser conflicts are also incorporated in this volume, including the Russo-Japanese W
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Table of ContentsList of Entries vi
List of Maps viii
Chronological Guide to Entries ix
About the Editors xi
Notes on Contributors xiv
Editor’s Preface xix
A–Z Entries 1–385
Index 386
