bTWENTIETH-CENTURY WAR AND CONFLICTb pWith rich entries that highlight the political context, strategic significance, and tactical detail of each conflict, this encyclopedia is an essential reference for students of military history and strategic studies.brbTheo Farrell, iKing's College Londonbi pDrawn from the award-winning five-volume iEncyclopedia ofWari Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2013, the single-volume iTwentieth-Century War and Conflicti provides an essential guide to the conflicts and concepts that shaped warfare in the twentieth-century and up to the present day. This concise reference contains a range of entries from 1,000 to 6,000 words long, each written by a leading international scholar. pThis concise encyclopedia provides full coverage of global conflicts and themes in twentieth-century war. World Wars I and II are covered by 10 separate entries. Lesser conflicts are also incorporated in this volume, including the Russo-Japanese War, the Greco-Turkish War, the Falk