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Lawrence Sondhaus
In this history of Europe’s naval forces, Larry Sondhaus charts the development of naval warfare from the transition to steam to recent actions in the Persian Gulf. This account combines…
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This first modern biography offers an explanation of how and why the Austro-Hungarian chief of the general staff earned a reputation for brilliance in the first place, and a reevaluation…
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This book examines the slow transition from the timber fleets of Napoleonic times to the might of pre-World War One German and British navies.
This compelling book explores Germany’s disastrous campaign of unrestricted submarine warfare in WWI, which marked the onset of total war at sea. Sondhaus shows how the undersea campaign, intended as…
In this illustrated study of the navies of Britain, France, the United States of America, Japan, Germany, Brazil, Chile and the Soviet Union, the author shows how each navy helped…
This study will provide a badly-needed survey and synopsis of the scholarly literature on strategic culture and ways of war.
This volume aims to show the right questions to ask in a survey questionnaire. It presents a framework of seven simple questions, and the advantage and disadvantage of the different…
Lawrence Sondhaus (University of Indianapolis)
This revised and updated interpretation of World War I highlights the revolutionary nature and legacy of the conflict of 1914-1919. It examines the political, economic, social and cultural history of…
This is a major new naval history of the First World War, revealing the decisive contribution of the war at sea to Allied victory. Lawrence Sondhaus traces the course of…
Written by leading historians and political scientists, this collection of essays offers a broad and comprehensive coverage of the role of war in American history.
