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- The Patterns of War Since the Eighteenth Century
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- 1994
- Published by: Indiana University Press
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"This important work . . . synthesizes the evolution of warfare from 1775 to the present." —Military Review
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"There is nothing else in print that tells so much so concisely about how war has been conducted since the days of Gen. George Washington." —Russell F. Weigley
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- 2. The Nineteenth Century, 1815-72
- pp. 43-101
- 3. The March toward World War, 1871-1914
- pp. 102-133
- 4. The First World War, 1914-18
- pp. 134-171
- 5. Between the World Wars, 1919-39
- pp. 172-194
- 6. The Second World War, 1939-45
- pp. 195-265
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 327-348
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