WORLD AT WAR

Wars are significant historical turning points, defining our leaders and altering the lives of ordinary people. Nations shape history — and the world — when they go to war, whether fighting for independence, making a play for dominance, forging new alliances, or battling global threats.

ABC-CLIO’s World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society helps students and researchers develop a more profound and critical appreciation of world history and the human costs of war. It delivers overviews of 50 wars, revolutions, and rebellions, including those commonly taught and those less so. In addition, it analyzes the causes and consequences of war to elucidate the global impact of the military conflicts that have defined our world from antiquity to today.

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Ancient Greece, 2000-30 BCE

  • Peloponnesian War
  • Wars of Alexander the Great

Ancient Rome, 1000 BCE-500 CE

  • Gallic Wars
  • Caesarian-Pompeian Civil War

The Islamic World, 600-1700

  • Wars of Muslim Expansion
  • Wars of Ottoman Expansion

Central and East Asia, 500-1500

  • Japanese Civil War

Medieval Europe, 500-1500

  • Crusades in the Holy Land and Egypt
  • Baltic Crusades
  • Hundred Years’ War

The World Beyond Europe, 1500-1776

  • Aztec-Spanish War
  • Inca-Spanish War
  • North American Colonial Conflicts to 1775

The Emergence of Modern Europe, 1500-1800

  • Thirty Years’ War
  • English Civil War
  • War of the Spanish Succession

A Time of Revolutions, 1776-1825

  • American Revolution
  • French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars
  • War of 1812
  • Revolutions in Latin America

Spheres of Influence, 1776-1914

  • British Conquest of India
  • Opium Wars
  • Mexican-American War
  • Crimean War
  • Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars
  • Boxer Rebellion

The Rise of Nationalism, 1815-1914

  • American Civil War
  • American Indian Wars 1492-1890
  • Wars of Italian Unification
  • Taiping Rebellion
  • Wars of German Unification
  • Sino-Japanese War
  • Russo-Japanese War
  • Mexican Revolution
  • Balkan Wars

The World at War, 1914-1945

  • World War I
  • 1917 Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War
  • Spanish Civil War
  • World War II

The Cold War, 1945-1991

  • Chinese Civil War and Communist Revolution
  • Cold War
  • Arab-Israeli Wars
  • India-Pakistan Wars
  • Korean War
  • Vietnam War
  • Soviet-Afghan War

A New Millennium, 1991-Present

  • Persian Gulf War
  • Yugoslav Wars
  • Afghanistan War and War on Terror
  • Iraq War

Created explicitly for middle and high school students, each database includes:

  • A comprehensive reference library from more than 230,000 primary sources, including audio, video, photographs, illustrations, maps, and rich media
  • A standards-based curriculum updated every day by a team of subject matter experts and supported by an exhaustive range of instructional material
  • An expansive library of model commentaries from noted scholars to help foster critical thinking by exposing students to multiple points of view
  • An educator support center with helpful, professional development tools plus educational resources like discussion points, activities, and lesson plans

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