Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Black's thoughts and arguments on what he terms the 'cultural turn' in military history are important and
will be widely read by military historians."
Parergon"A thoughtful and informed study that draws on a wide range of examples."
European History Quarterly"This book is profoundly important for historians of warfare, but above all for its practitioners."
John France, Swansea University "This work fills an intellectual niche: it is the only one establishing culture as a flexible, malleable concept. Key themes, above all the flexible nature of culture and the limits and prospects of its use as a tool for analyzing war,are clearly demonstrated. The book's thesis is also effectively contextualized with alternative analytical matrices, such as technology as a key determinant. Jeremy Black is one of the few scholars of war who commands the sources and goes beyond them."
Dennis Showalter, Colorado College
Table of ContentsPreface vii
1. Introduction 1
2. The Culture of Gloire: The Royal Military 44
3. Strategic Culture: The Case of Britain, 1688–1815 64
4. Organizational Cultures: Western Warfare, 1815–1950 91
5. Strategic Culture: The Cold War 110
6. From the Cold War into the Future 121
7. Culture and Military Analysis 141
8. Conclusions 153
Notes 175
Selected Further Reading 191
