Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492-2015, 4th ed.

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McFarland, Apr 24, 2017 - History - 824 pages

In its revised and updated fourth edition, this exhaustive encyclopedia provides a record of casualties of war from the last five centuries through 2015, with new statistical and analytical information. Figures include casualties from global terrorism, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the fight against the Islamic State. New entries cover an additional 20 armed conflicts between 1492 and 2007 not included in previous editions. Arranged roughly by century and subdivided by world region, chronological entries include the name and dates of the conflict, precursor events, strategies and details, the outcome and its aftermath.

 

Contents

Introduction
1
Sixteenth Century
9
Seventeenth Century
36
Eighteenth Century
69
Nineteenth Century
143
Twentieth Century 19001945
329
Twentieth Century 19462000
535
TwentyFirst Century 20012015
714
Bibliography
741
Index
743
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About the author (2017)

Micheal Clodfelter is an active member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War and the author of several books on military history. A researcher and consultant for the Dupuy Institute of Military History, he lives in Lawrence, Kansas.

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