| Title:
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GENERAL WAR AMONG GREAT POWERS IN WORLD HISTORY
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| By: |
Matthew Melko, David Wilkinson |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0773474293 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780773474291 |
| Publisher: |
THE EDWIN MELLEN PRESS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
30 April, 2001 |
| Pages: |
380 |
| Description: |
The idea of general war was introduced by Arnold Toynbee in his Study of History. In the last quarter of the 20th century, scholars have been studying such wars. This work reviews the major assumptions about general wars against the data available in world history. |
| Synopsis: |
The idea of general war was introduced by Arnold Toynbee in his Study of History. In the last quarter of the 20th century, scholars have been studying such wars, though they have differed on the naming and dating of general wars. This study reviews the major assumptions about general wars against the data available in world history. Ultimately, using criteria that had been applied by others to the West, the author found 38 cases of general war, 33 of them from nine other civilizations. It was then possible to test a numbe rof hypotheses generated from a consensus of scholars studying Western wars against this much wider array of cases. |
| Illustrations: |
tables, maps, references, index |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Edwin Mellen Press Ltd |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |