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MILITARY HISTORY

FORTHCOMING

Enduring Controversies in

Military History

Critical Analyses and Context

2 VOLUMES | SPENCER C. TUCKER, EDITOR

Why did Alexander the Great’s empire fall apart so soon after his death? How
did France win the Hundred Years War despite England winning its major
battles? Was slavery the primary cause of the American Civil War? Would
it have benefited the Allies militarily to have gone to war against Germany
in 1938 rather than in 1939? Should women be allowed to serve in combat
ABC-CLIO positions in the U.S. military? All of these questions and many other historical
September 2017, 938pp, 7x10 controversies are addressed in this thought-provoking reference book.
Print: 978-1-4408-4119-4 By exploring every angle of some of the most contentious debates involving
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eBook: 978-1-4408-4120-0 military history, this book builds students’ critical thinking skills by supplying
a complete background of the controversial topic to provide context, and
also by providing multiple perspective essays written by top scholars in the
S AMPLE T OPICS field. The perspective essays present arguments for different positions on
the controversy. Readers will consider the cases for and against whether
• Adolf Hitler’s Responsibility for the Holocaust
Hannibal should have marched on Rome after his momentous victory at
• Alexander the Great Cannae, whether the United States was justified in using the atomic bomb in
• Arab-Israeli Conflict Japan, whether Adolf Hitler was primarily responsible for the Holocaust, and
• English Civil War whether torturing prisoners during the War on Terror is warranted, among
• Hundred Years War many other historical military debates.
• President Eisenhower’s Warning about the
Military-Industrial Complex FEATURES
• Primary Cause of the American Civil War • Provides compelling examinations of major controversies in military history
• Primary Cause of the American Revolution from the time of the ancient world to the modern day
• Tet Offensive • Enables readers to see how historians address such topics and understand
• Third Years’ War how their process could be applied to other topics or research areas
• U.S. Policies during the Cold War • Offers a bibliography specific to each topic to give students looking to do
further research a wealth of options
• Women in the U.S. Military

SPENCER C. TUCKER, PhD, is senior
fellow in military history for ABC-CLIO and
the author or editor of more than 50 books
and encyclopedias, many of which have
received major awards.

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