A Global Chronology of Conflict: Volume 5, 1919-1949

By: Spencer Tucker

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Synopsis: This six-volume reference (1. 5 million words) constitutes a seemingly monumental enterprise for one person, that one person being a meticulous expert who didn't confine himself to a simple chronology but instead expanded the project to encompass plenty of contextual and supplementary material. Tucker is a former army captain and intelligence analyst who served in the Pentagon during the Vietnam War and subsequently taught military history for decades at Texas Christian University and at Virginia Military Institute before retiring in 2003. Undaunted by the task at hand, he presents a year-by-year, event-by-event chronology, having made a set of criteria and guidelines for selection and presentation (these are explained in his preface). The volumes include, also, a total of 376 biographical profiles and 301 key innovations and technologies--weapons that changed history, as well as some 250 detailed descriptions of key battles throughout history, and a couple hundred maps. Each volume includes the comprehensive index.