Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Reference to Casualty and Other Figures, 1500-2000McFarland, 2002 - 840 עמודים In the twentieth century alone, military deaths totaled over 35 million, including 29,700,000 slain in international wars and almost 6 million killed in civil wars. This completely updated and revised edition of the acclaimed 1992 two-volume work (belongs in the reference collection of almost every library - ARBA) presents a record of casualties of modern warfare in the last four centuries. New information pushes back the beginning date to 1500 from the first edition's 1680 and pushes 1992 out through 1999. Arranged roughly by century and then subdivided by world region, the entries proceed chronologically and vary from paragraph to chapter-length. Each entry provides the name and date of the conflict, precursor events, strategies and details, the outcome and its impact. A history of weaponry is easily traceable, as casualties mounted according to their improvement. |
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action Admiral Allied American armed army artillery attack attempted August Austrians battle battleships besieged British called campaign cannon captured carried casualties cavalry century Charles civil columns command Confederate corps cost counted crew dead deaths December defeated defenders destroyed died disease divisions Dutch east empire enemy engaged English expedition February fell field fighting finally fire fleet force fought France French frigates garrison guns head Indian infantry invaders island Italy January July June killed or wounded King land later leader least losing losses lost major March missing naval nearly November numbered October officers Ottoman Persian POWs Prince prisoners province rebellion rebels regiments regulars River Russian sent September ships side siege slain soldiers Spain Spanish squadron suffered surrender taken took troops Turks turned Union units victory wars warships