Voices prophesying war : future wars, 1763-3749 /

Voices prophesying war : future wars, 1763-3749 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Clarke, I. F. (Ignatius Frederick)
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Description:	x, 268 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	War stories -- History and criticism. Science fiction -- History and criticism Imaginary wars and battles in literature Imaginary wars and battles -- Bibliography. Science fiction -- Bibliography. War stories -- Bibliography. Prophecies in literature Future, The, in literature War in literature Future, The, in literature. Imaginary wars and battles. Imaginary wars and battles in literature. Prophecies in literature. Science fiction. War in literature. War stories. Bibliography. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1394302

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Other uniform titles:	Clarke, I. F. (Ignatius Frederick). Voices prophesying war, 1763-1984.
ISBN:	0192123025 : £16.95
Notes:	Rev. ed. of: Voices prophesying war, 1763-1984. 1966. "Checklist of imaginary wars [in English, French, and German literature], 1763-1990": p. [224]-262. Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-223) and index.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1. The Warfare of the Future: The Opening Phase, 1763-1871
Ch. 2. The Break-in Phase: The Battle of Dorking Episode
Ch. 3. Science and the Shape of Wars-to-Come, 1880-1914
Ch. 4. Politics and the Pattern of the Next Great War, 1880-1914
Ch. 5. From the Somme and Verdun to Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Ch. 6. From the Flame Deluge to the Bad Time.