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This article is a short collective biography of six so-called 'Turkestan Generals', all of whom played a prominent role in the Russian conquest and administration of Central Asia. These campaigns are usually seen as marginal to the military history of the Russian empire in the nineteenth century, but they were central to the reputations of three of the most prominent generals of the period, who became important public figures – Cherniaev, Skobelev, and Kuropatkin. The article shows that this was not accidental, but the product of a carefully constructed narrative in Russian military historiography.

This article is a short collective biography of six so-called 'Turkestan Generals', all of whom played a prominent role in the Russian conquest and administration of Central Asia. These campaigns are usually seen as marginal to the military history of the Russian empire in the nineteenth century, but they were central to the reputations of three of the most prominent generals of the period, who became important public figures – Cherniaev, Skobelev, and Kuropatkin. The article shows that this was not accidental, but the product of a carefully constructed narrative in Russian military historiography.

Armed revolution and civil war gave birth to the Soviet Union, world War II propelled it to global pre-eminence, and the Cold War contributed to the Soviet Union's demise. Given Marxism-Leninism's idological preoccupation with war and threats of war, it is understandable that the spectre of war should play a vital role in the life and fate of the Soviet state.This study of Soviet military strategy is based upon the twin pillars of Soviet political-military actions and Soviet writings on the subject of military strategy. Thanks to the policy of glasnost, it incorporates Soviet materials hitherto unavailable in the West. It aims to be not simply a retrospective account of what was, but to form part of the context for what will be in the future.

Gaining an understanding of China's long and sometimes bloody history can help to shed light on China's ascent to global power. Many of China's imperial dynasties were established as the result of battle, from the chariot warfare of ancient times to the battles of the Guomindang (KMT) and Communist regimes of the twentieth century. China's ability to sustain complex warfare on a very large scale was not emulated in other parts of the world until the Industrial Age, despite the fact that the country is only now rising to economic dominance. In A Military History of China, Updated Edition, David A. Graff and Robin Higham bring together leading scholars to offer a basic introduction to the military history of China from first millennium B.C.E. to the present. Focusing on recurring patterns of conflict rather than traditional campaign narratives, this volume reaches farther back into China's military history than similar studies. It also offers insightful comparisons between Chinese and Western approaches to war. This edition brings the volume up to date, including discussions of the Chinese military's latest developments and the country's most recent foreign conflicts

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- ONE. Military Power -- TWO. The Relationship between the American Revolutionary War and European Military Thought and Practice -- THREE. Nationalism and the Sense of Military Obligation -- FOUR. Conscription and the End of the Ancien Regime in France and Prussia -- FIVE. Napoleon as Enemy -- SIX. Jena and Auerstedt -- SEVEN. Clausewitz: Life and Thought -- EIGHT. Two Letters on Strategy -- NINE. Clausewitz as Historian -- TEN. Continuity and Discontinuity in Some Interpretations by Tocqueville and Clausewitz -- ELEVEN. Kleist and Clausewitz: A Comparative Sketch -- TWELVE. Clausewitz's Politics -- THIRTEEN. "A Proposition Not a Solution"—Clausewitz's Attempt To Become Prussian Minister at the Court of St. James -- FOURTEEN. Reactions to Revolution -- FIFTEEN. An Unknown Letter by Clausewitz -- SIXTEEN. The History of War and the New Military History -- INDEX

"Partially revised edition"--T.p. verso. ; Includes bibliographical references (p. 695-720) and index. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Description based on: Vol. 3, published in 1982. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Issued by: U.S. Army Military History Research Collection, 1976- ; U.S. Army Military History Institute .