Battle A History of Combat and Culture

Name: Battle A History of Combat and Culture
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ISBN: 9780813333724

ISBN-10: 0813333725

ISBN-13: 9780813333724

Edition: 2005

Authors: John A. Lynn

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This text spans the globe and the centuries to explore the way ideas shape the conduct of warfare. It rejects the fashionable notion of a 'Western way of warfare' and replaces it with more nuanced concepts of varied and evolving cultural patterns of combat.

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Avalon Publishing
Publication date: 11/24/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.21" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface: Requiem for the Universal Soldier



Written in Blood: The Classical Greek Drama of Battle and the Western Way of War



Subtleties of Violence: Ancient Chinese and Indian Texts on Warfare



Chivalry and Chevauchee: The Ideal, the Real, and the Perfect in Medieval European Warfare



Linear Warfare: Images and Ideals of Combat in the Age of Enlightenment



Victories of the Conquered: The Native Character of the Sepoy



The Sun of Austerlitz: Romantic Visions of Decisive Battle in Nineteenth-Century Europe



The Merciless Fight: Race and Military Culture in the Pacific War



Crossing the Canal: Egyptian Effectiveness and Military Culture in the October War


Epilogue: Terrorism: Forming a New Military Discourse on War



The Discourse and the Reality of War: A Cultural Model


Notes


Index