Maps of War by Black, Jeremy -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Dedication Contents The Sixteenth Century

First Notions of Military Mapping

Maps in the Classical world Early Asian mapping Ottoman Empire Fifteenth-century developments Sixteenth-century expansion Printed maps Firearms and fortification Religious dimensions

The Seventeenth Century

Mapping for Sieges

Maps and pictures Maps for the French state Fortresses and siege warfare Swedish and Russian efforts Increased precision Military adaptation rather than revolution

The Eighteenth Century

Professional Military Planning

New heights Across oceans Route maps Strategy and planning Public interest North America Knowledge and news Means of conflict

The Nineteenth Century

Mapping in an Imperial Age

Ordnance Survey Topography Government use After Napoleon Institutional framework Regional interest Technological advances General Staff system American Civil War Nature of war

First World War

Total War

Geopolitics Trench warfare Use of aircraft Coordination Wartime cartography Information and propaganda

Second World War

Global Conflict

Unprecedented scale Three dimensions Restrictions and the media Engaging the American public

Modern Warfare: 1945 to the Present Day

From the Second World War to the Present

Projection Surveys and surveillance Satellites Local level Modern challenges

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