The Routledge History of Global War and Society offers a sweeping introduction to the most significant research on the causes, experiences, and impacts of war throughout history. This collection of twenty-seven essays by leading historians demonstrates how war and society studies have dramatically expanded the chronological, geographic, and thematic breadth of the field of military history.

Table of Contents

• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction - MATTHEW S. MUEHLBAUER AND DAVID J. ULBRICH
• Part I Regional and Temporal Approaches
• 1 War and Society in East Asia - KENNETH M. SWOPE
• 2 War and Society in Southeast Asia - RICHARD A. RUTH
• 3 War and Society in Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania - PETER J. DEAN AND TRISTAN MOSS
• 4 War and Society in South Asia - KAUSHIK ROY
• 5 War and Society in the Middle East and North Africa - EILEEN RYAN
• 6 War and Society in Sub-Saharan Africa - BRUCE VANDERVORT AND MARILYN ZILLI
• 7 War and the Ancient Mediterranean - MATTHEW TRUNDLE
• 8 War and Society in Early Modern Europe - AARON GRAHAM
• 9 War and Society in Modern Europe - ADAM R. SEIPP
• 10 War and Society in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales - MARGARET SANKEY
• 11 War and Society in Latin America - ELLEN D. TILLMAN
• 12 War and Society in North America to 1877 - MATTHEW S. MUEHLBAUER
• 13 War and Society in North America Since 1877 - ANTULIO J. ECHEVARRIA II
• Part II Thematic Approaches
• 14 Media and War - JAY LOCKENOUR
• 15 War, the Body, and Health - BOBBY A. WINTERMUTE
• 16 The Combatant Experience - ERIC W. KLINEK
• 17 Prisoners of War and Repatriation - PAUL J. SPRINGER
• 18 Home Fronts - BIANKA J. ADAMS
• 19 War, Atrocity, and Genocide - HILARY EARL
• 20 War and Environment - JASON W. SMITH
• 21 War and Terrorism - STEPHEN CONNOR
• 22 Religion, Ethics, and War - JACQUELINE E. WHITT
• 23 Race and Ethnicity - DAVID J. ULBRICH AND ALEXANDER M. BIELAKOWSKI
• 24 Gender and Sexuality - HEATHER MARIE STUR
• 25 Militarism and Nationalism - INGO TRAUSCHWEIZER
• 26 Memory and Memorialization - MICHAEL DOLSKI
• 27 War and Culture - MATTHEW S. MUEHLBAUER