Keywords
war, military tactics
Abstract
Carl von Clausewitz famously declared “War is but the continuation of politics by other means.” It could just as easily be declared that war is the continuation of civilization by other means, concerning how different societies and cultures fight can be reflective of their distinct characters as much as any other factor. The study of war from the civilizational perspective is not new; for example, former ISCSC presidents Pitirim Sorokin and Matthew Melko did their own studies related to the matter. Into this mix come MacGregor Knox and Williamson Murray in their edited volume The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300–2050 published by Cambridge University Press. The specific context of the book was to address the debates concerning the nature of “Revolutions in Military Affairs” (RMA) that were widespread during the 1990s.
Recommended Citation
Satkiewicz, Stephen T.
(2021)
"MacGregor Knox and Williamson Murray, eds. The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300–2050,"
Comparative Civilizations Review: Vol. 85:
No.
85, Article 18.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr/vol85/iss85/18
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