What is Military History? (eBook)

Stephen Morillo is Professor of History at Wabash College. Michael F. Pavkovic is Professor of Strategy and Policy at the United States Naval War College.

Contents

1. An Introduction to Military History

Military History: Definitions, Topics, Scope

Who Studies Military History and Why?

Overview of this Book

2. Military Historiography

Classical Roots: Military History in Ancient Times
Military History in the Traditional World: Histories, Manuals, and War Tales

Science, Nationalism, and General Staffs: Military History in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

New Military Histories: The Transformations of the Last 50 Years

3. Conceptual Frameworks

Military History and Philosophy of History

Military Art and Practice

War and Society: Interdisciplinary Influences

Global History and Comparative Methodology

Conclusions

4. Current Controversies

Military Revolutions

Counter-Insurgency: History and Policy

?The West?: Exceptionalism and Dominance?

Is Naval History Military History?

War, Society, and Culture: Other Controversies

Conclusion: Revisionism and Reading the Process of History

5. Doing Military History

Forms

Sources

Programs

Journals, Presses, and Associations

6. The Future of Military History

Trends in the Field

The Politics of Military History

Notes

Further Reading

Index

"Already a classic, What is Military History? is further strengthened n this excellent third edition. While retaining its original strengths as an excellent introduction to the field, one that is wide-ranging, accessible and readable, this has been generally updated in order to keep up with a changing field and a changing world. There is also a significant new section on naval history and an expanded discussion of the intersection of gender and military history. Deserves praise."

Jeremy Black, University of Exeter

"The first edition of What is Military History? was a strikingly comprehensive summary of military historiography and quickly proved indispensable in many classrooms. This third edition provides some critical updates to what has become a rapidly evolving field, and again its comprehensiveness impresses. From culture to operations, from gender to technology, and from history to anthropology, Morillo and Pavkovic provide crucial starting points for students and researchers in the field to understand how the study of human conflict has developed and why it is where it is now."

Wayne E. Lee, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill