Download or read book Warfare in the Western World: Military operations since 1871 written by Robert A. Doughty and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 1996 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authoritative and concise, Warfare in the Western World concentrates on selected campaigns and battles, showing how political and military leaders in the West have used armies to wage war effectively over the last four centuries. The text moves through the centuries, discussing how operational developments and technological improvements eventually led to the concept of total war, first approached in the American Civil War and culminating in the twentieth century's two world wars.