What is Military History?

Stephen Morillo is Professor of History at Wabash College.Michael F. Pavkovic is Professor of Strategy and Policy at the United States Naval War College.

• Contents1. An Introduction to Military HistoryMilitary History: Definitions, Topics, ScopeWho Studies Military History and Why?Overview of this Book2. Military HistoriographyClassical Roots: Military History in Ancient Times Military History in the Traditional World: Histories, Manuals, and War TalesScience, Nationalism, and General Staffs: Military History in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth CenturiesNew Military Histories: The Transformations of the Last 50 Years3. Conceptual FrameworksMilitary History and Philosophy of HistoryMilitary Art and PracticeWar and Society: Interdisciplinary InfluencesGlobal History and Comparative MethodologyConclusions4. Current ControversiesMilitary RevolutionsCounter-Insurgency: History and Policy�The West�: Exceptionalism and Dominance?Is Naval History Military History?War, Society, and Culture: Other ControversiesConclusion: Revisionism and Reading the Process of History5. Doing Military HistoryFormsSourcesProgramsJournals, Presses, and Associations6. The Future of Military HistoryTrends in the FieldThe Politics of Military HistoryNotesFurther ReadingIndex

"Already a classic, What is Military History? is further strengthened n this excellent third edition. While retaining its original strengths as an excellent introduction to the field, one that is wide-ranging, accessible and readable, this has been generally updated in order to keep up with a changing field and a changing world. There is also a significant new section on naval history and an expanded discussion of the intersection of gender and military history. Deserves praise."Jeremy Black, University of Exeter "The first edition of What is Military History? was a strikingly comprehensive summary of military historiography and quickly proved indispensable in many classrooms. This third edition provides some critical updates to what has become a rapidly evolving field, and again its comprehensiveness impresses. From culture to operations, from gender to technology, and from history to anthropology, Morillo and Pavkovic provide crucial starting points for students and researchers in the field to understand how the study of human conflict has developed and why it is where it is now."Wayne E. Lee, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill