Author(s): JEREMY BLACK

Military History

A global history of the geography of war from antiquity to modern and contemporary conflict illustrated and brought to life by histories of inter-state war, geopolitical rivalry, 'hot' and 'cold' war and terrorism. Geography is a basic element in all stages of war including preparation, planning, onset of conflict, waging wars, assessment of results, post-conflict negotiations, analysis and preparation for future conflict. Geography is the vital element in strategy and tactics, and in the spatial context, on land, water and space. It is central to all historical activities from human and animal transport to wind power, coal, seam, oil, jet propulsion atomic weaponry and the threat of cyber conflict. This is essentially a 'modern geography', and not only physical, but political social, economic, cultural and 'human', with emphasis on personal experience. And technical mapping is included - the author's particular expertise - and accessible to specialist and general readers. A global history of the geographies of war in the context of great power geopolitics to local conflicts. AUTHOR: Jeremy Black has been described as 'the most prolific historical scholar of our age' and has researched deeply and written extensively on history, politics including political ideas, and international relations, and military history. And while he has specialised in British history from the 17th and 18th centuries to modern and contemporary times, his range his range embraces antiquity, early and mediaeval, to modern and contemporary, history, and on a global scale. He obtained a starred first in History at Queen's College, Cambridge, followed by postgraduate work at St John's College and Merton College, Oxford, was Lecturer in History at Durham University and Professor of History at Exeter University where he is now Emeritus Professor. He has lectured widely in the Commonwealth, Europe and the USA and served as archives editor and council member of prestigious research bodies and on editorial boards of academic journals. He was made MBE.