Military History: Lectures Delivered at Trinity College, Cambridge by Fortescue
"Military History: Lectures Delivered at Trinity College, Cambridge" by J. W. Fortescue is a scholarly exploration of military history written in the early 20th century. The book is primarily a collection of lectures that define and examine the scope, significance, and nuances of military history, asserting that it is much more than a mere record of wars. The lectures argue that military history encompasses the broader conflicts and interactions between communities andthe institutions that enforce order through force. The opening of the work sets the stage by grappling with the challenge of defining military history. Fortescue discusses various interpretations and ultimately proposes that military history should be understood as the strife of communities expressed through organized conflict among armed men. He illustrates this concept with examples from different types of warfare, such as commercial warfare and civil war, to show that conflicts do not always require conventional military engagements to have their historical significance. This setup not only invites a deeper understanding of military history but also hints at the multifaceted nature of human conflict itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir, 1859-1933 |
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| Title | Military History: Lectures Delivered at Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Note | Reading ease score: 59.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Contents | Military history: its scope and definition -- British military history -- British colonial campaigns -- British campaigns in India. |
| Credits | Produced by Brian Coe, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe |
| Subject | Great Britain -- History, Military |
| Subject | Military history |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 54417 |
| Release Date | Mar 23, 2017 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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