War in Human Civilization/Economics and British Strategy: From Dreadnoughts to Hydrogen Bombs/Big Wars and Small Wars: The British Army and the Lessons of War in the Twentieth Century.

MILITARY history; WAR in Human Civilization (Book); ARMS, Economics & British Strategy: From Dreadnoughts to Hydrogen Bombs (Book); SOCIAL history; CULTURAL history; WAR & civilization; MILITARY tactics; PEDEN, G. C.; GAT, Azar

The article discusses how books on military history reflect changes in the discipline. The author notes how records from World War II improved military history due to the volume of historical records available and comments on how a focus on tactics and battles in military history studies has been replaced with a focus on the effect of war on society due to an emphasis on social and cultural history. He discusses how the book "Arms, Economics and British Strategy: From Dreanoughts to Hydrogen Bombs," by G.C. Peden, focuses on economic aspects of British military strategy. The book "War in Human Civilization," by Azar Gat, focuses on the role of warfare in civilization.