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ISBN: 978-81-460-25603
Depésito legals M21156-2010
Trapreso en Lavel S.A.
Homanes (Madd)
EOFFREY PARKER (Ed,)
HISTORIA DE LA GUERRA
Traduectén de:
José Luis Gil Aristu
skal PROLOGO
El planteamiento sdoptado en este libro expone a sus autores a la
acusacién de eurocentrismo, tal como ocurrié con su predecesor The
Cambridge Mlustrated History of Warfare: The Triumph of the West
(1995); no obstante, proponemos tres razones en nuestra defense. En
Primer lugar, habria sido imposibfe proporcionar en wn solo volumen
tina exposicién adecuada de Ia historia militar de las principales cul
tras (algunas de las cuales se remontan, como en el caso de la pric.
tica china de la guerra a fechas anteriores a las de Europa). En segun-
do lugar, prestar una atencién meramente superficial a las tradiciones
militares y navales de Africa, Asia y Amética, reservando al mismo
tiempo a Occidente el interés principal, constituiria una distorsia inn,
perdonable. Finalmente, seguin se explica en la Introduccion, la con-
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