Twentieth-Century War and Conflict: Concise Encyclopedia(2014) torrent

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Drawn from the award-winning 5-volume Encyclopedia of War, this valuable, one-volume reference provides readers with essential information on the conflicts and concepts that shaped global warfare in the twentieth-century and up to the present day.

• Provides essential coverage of twentieth-century warfare across the world
• Incorporates entries on all major wars, conflicts and concepts in the study of warfare during the period
• Features detailed coverage of the First and Second World Wars, along with conflicts including the Russo-Japanese War, the Greco-Turkish War, the Falklands Conflict, the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, the Gulf Wars, the War Against Terrorism, and the Somalian Civil War
• Covers topics including chemical warfare, ethnic cleansing, psychological warfare, and women and war
• Creates an affordable and handy personal reference for students of modern and contemporary history, professional scholars, and military history enthusiasts
• Comprises authoritative, up-to-date content - each entry ranging from 1,000 to 6,000 words - written by the best international scholars