Posted: June 1st, 2015

Evolution of Modern Warfare

Evolution of Modern Warfare

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Question for Topic:
What are the major factors in the evolution of contemporary warfare?

Possible References: (use 1 case study)
• Howard, Michael, The Invention of Peace and Reinvention of War (Profile Books, London, 2002), Chapter 5, pp. 91-113.

• Middleton, Karen, Who’s telling the story? The military and the media’, in Peter Dennis & Jeffrey Grey (eds), The Military and the Media. The 2008 Chief of Army’s Military History Conference (Australian Military History Publications, Sydney, 2009), pp. 147-57 <http://www.army.gov.au/Our-history/Army-History-Unit/Chief-of-Army-History-Conference/~/media/Files/Our%20history/AAHU/Conference%20Papers%20and%20Images/2008/2008-Military_and_the_Media.pdf>

• Strachan, Hew, ‘Essay and Reflection: On Total War and Modern War’, The International History Review, Vol. 22, No.2, June 2000, pp. 341-70.

• van Creveld, Martin, Technology and War, (The Free Press, New York, 1989) pp. 265-320 – Ch. 20 “Real War” pp. 297-310, “Conclusions” pp. 311-320

• van Creveld, Martin, Technology and War, rev. and expanded ed. (The Free Press, New York, 1991). – Ch. 18 “Integrated War” pp. 265-283, Ch. 19 “Make-believe War” pp. 285-296