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  1. fivebooks.com › best-books › michael-howard-on-warThe best books on War - Five Books

    May 3, 2011 · Fear is a great examiner of one's character, argues the World War II veteran and eminent historian of war, Sir Michael Howard. He recommends the best books on war—two on strategy and three on what it's actually like for soldiers and commanding officers.

  2. www.goodreads.com › list › 287Books by Michael Eliot Howard - Goodreads

    Michael Eliot Howard has 60 books on Goodreads with 54295 ratings. Michael Eliot Howard’s most popular book is The First World War: A Very Short Introduc...

  3. www.goodreads.com › book › showThe First World War by Michael Eliot Howard | Goodreads

    Jan 1, 2002 · 1,737 ratings184 reviews. Now more than ever, a clear historical understanding of the conflicts that have engulfed the world is essential. In The First World War , one of the most respected historians of his generation offers a brief but hugely readable narrative account of WWI, its causes and consequences, and the many.

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  4. www.hup.harvard.edu › books › 9780674104174The Causes of Wars — Harvard University Press

    Michael Howard offers an analysis of our present predicament by discussing those issues that cause war and make peace. His book includes an examination of nuclear strategy today, views of the past about the conduct of international relations, ethics, modes of defense, and studies of military thinkers and leaders.

  5. www.routledge.com › p › bookA Historical Sensibility Sir Michael Howard and The ...

    ‘In an era of instant analysis and social media polemics, Sir Michael Howard’s depth of understanding, erudition and beautifully crafted prose serve as a welcome reminder that there exists another, better, way of gauging the forces of history and strategy.

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  7. www.academia.edu › 89729045 › Michael_Howard_and_theMichael Howard and the Historian's Craft: An Introduction to ...

    This paper takes a snapshot of four periods from the British Army’s history and explores how its military history has been used to educate and inform its officers. The first explores how military history was used in the eighteenth century before the formalisation of professional military education.

  8. www.kirkusreviews.com › book-reviews › michaelTHE FIRST WORLD WAR - Kirkus Reviews

    Sep 1, 2002 · First offering a snapshot of Europe in 1914, Howard then establishes the geopolitics and identifies the principal reasons each of the major powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, Russia, Britain) allowed the machinery of war to rumble into motion and then roar into sanguinary life.

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