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.

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Tactics
• Chapter 3 Operations
• Chapter 4 Strategy
• Chapter 5 Geopolitics
• Chapter 6 The Impact of Technology and the Question of Periodisation
• Chapter 7 Leaders, Generals and Geographers
• Chapter 8 The Need to Map
• Chapter 9 American Wars, 1754–1865
• Chapter 10 Geography and Empire
• Chapter 11 The First World War, 1914–18, and the Interwar Period, 1918–39
• Chapter 12 The Second World War, 1939–45
• Chapter 13 The Cold War and the Sequel, 1945–2000
• Chapter 14 From 2001 into the Future
• Chapter 15 Conclusions
• Notes
• Selected Further Reading