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Article: The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300-2050.(Book Review)
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- Military Review
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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MacGregor Knox and Williamson Murray, eds., Cambridge University Press, NY, 200l, 224 pages, $27.95.
Much has been written recently about military revolutions, and much of it represents truly useful analysis. Some, however, is jargon-riddled rubbish. The Dynamics of Military Revolution belongs to the former category. The book's two editors, MacGregor Knox and Williamson Murray have written widely and well on the topic of military revolutions. In preparing this collection, they enlisted the services of some of the best military historians working today, among them Dennis Showalter, John Lynn, Clifford Rogers, and Holger Herwig.
Together, the contributors ...