War in the Modern World

Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1959. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. good. xv, [1],400 pages. , Endpaper illustrations. Footnotes. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Theodore Ropp (born 22 May 1911 - died 2 December 2000) was a professor at Duke University. Theodore Ropp's first teaching position was at Harvard University in 1937-38. In 1938, Duke University appointed him instructor in history. He was appointed professor in 1959 and professor emeritus in 1980. Ropp first became well known through his contribution to Edward Mead Earle's acclaimed book Makers of Modern Strategy. Ropp's expertise was in wide demand as one of the few American civilian academics working in military and naval history. He served as the Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History at the U.S. Naval War College from 1962 to 1963. He was professor at the U.S. Army War College in 1972-73; visiting professor of military history U.S. Military Academy, 1976-77. In 1991, he was awarded the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for lifetime achievement given by the Society for Military History. From the Renaissance to the Cold War, the definitive survey of the social, political, military, and technological aspects of modern warfare returns to print in a new paperback edition. Topics covered include land and sea warfare from the Renaissance to the neoclassical age; the Anglo-American military tradition; the French Revolution and Napoleon; the Industrial Revolution and war; and the First and Second World Wars and their aftermath.