Land Warfare since 1860

This book provides a global history of contemporary land warfare. Black argues that although it has always been critical to the outcome of conflicts worldwide, land warfare has become undervalued in comparison to air power in modern military thinking. Ultimately, he contends, there is no substitute for the control provided by boots on the ground.

Jeremy Black is professor emeritus of history at the University of Exeter and a 2018 Templeton Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Land Warfare is the capstone book in Black's global warfare series, which includes Air Power: A Global History, Naval Warfare: A Global History since 1860, Insurgency and Counterinsurgency: A Global History, Combined Operations: A Global History of Amphibious and Airborne Warfare, and Fortifications and Siegecraft: Defense and Attack through the Ages.

Preface Abbreviations IntroductionA New Age of War? 1860-80Different Types of Conflict, 1880-1913The First World War, 1914-18Between the Wars, 1918-39The Second World War, 1939-45The Cold War, 1945-1971The Cold War, 1972-1989After the Cold War, 1990-TodayInto the FutureConclusionsNotes Selected Further Reading Index