Battle : a history of combat and culture / John A. Lynn.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2004الطبعات:Rev. and updated edوصف:xxvi, 431 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0813333725 (pbk)
- U21.2 L95 2004
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | U21.2 L95 2004 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000254246 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | U21.2 L95 2004 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010000254247 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-415) and index.
Preface: Requiem for the universal soldier -- Written in blood : the classical Greek drama of battle and the western way of war -- Subtleties of violence : ancienct Chinese and Indian texts on warfare -- Chivalry and chevauchée : 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 and "evil" : forming a new discourse on war at the dawn of the twenty-first century -- Appendix: The discourse and the reality of war : a cultural model.