War in European History

michael eliot howard

This reissue of Howard's classic text includes a short new afterword by the author. "Wars have often determined the character of society. Society in exchange has determined the character of wars. This is the theme of Michael Howard's stimulating book. It is written with all his usual skill
and in its small compass is perhaps the most original book he has written. Though he surveys a thousand years of history, he does so without sinking in a slough of facts and draws a broad outline of developments which will delight the general reader."--A.J.P. Taylor, Observer

Genres historynonfictionwarmilitary historymilitary fictionpoliticseuropean historyhistoricalworld historyhistory and politics

176 pages, Paperback

First published July 22,1976

This edition

Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Published: November 8, 2001 by Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780192802088
ASIN: 0192802089
Language: English

About the author

michael eliot howard

Sir Michael Eliot Howard was an English military historian, formerly Chichele Professor of the History of War, Honorary Fellow of All Souls College, Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford, Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History at Yale University, and founder of the Department of War Studies, King's College London. In 1958, he co-founded the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
In 2013, Howard was described in the Financial Times as "Britain's greatest living historian". The Guardian described him as "Britain's foremost expert on conflict".