Twentieth-Century warriors: The development of the armed forces of the major military nations in the twentieth-century

by Michael Carver

In this masterful work, Field Marshall Lord Carver, the distinguished soldier and military writer, traces the development of the armed forces of Great Britain, France, Germany, the Soviet Union, the United States, Japan, and China from the perspective of each country. Describing the great battles of the century, he also examines the evolution of each nation's armed forces in peace as well as in war, and in particular the influence of political pressures and strategic objectives. We thus see that war was never inevitable, nor was it simply the outcome of arms buildups. Rather, war was generated by policy, and Lord Carver documents the process of this generation.

Twentieth Century Warriors is a valuable document for all those conceived with the military problems of today and tomorrow, a unique and insightful history of war and how it is made.

Genres: Military History

468 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Field Marshal Richard Michael Power Carver, Baron Carver GCB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC, was a senior British Army officer. Lord Carver served as the Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, and then as the Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of the British Armed Forces. He served in the Second World War and organized the administration of British forces deployed in response to the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya and later in his career provided advice to the British Government on the response to the early stages of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.