Battle : a history of combat and culture / John A. Lynn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lynn, John A. (John Albert), 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War.

Military history.

Combat.

Sociology, Military.

War and society.

Military art and science--Technological innovations.

Military art and science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (459 p.)

Edition:

Revised and updated edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A noted military historian offers a cultural approach to the history of warfare, insisting that we understand combat best when we study the beliefs, values, and expectations of the adversaries

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface: Requiem for the Universal Soldier; CHAPTER ONE Written in Blood: The Classical Greek Drama of Battle and the Western Way of War; CHAPTER TWO Subtleties of Violence: Ancient Chinese and Indian Texts on Warfare; CHAPTER THREE Chivalry and Chevauchée: The Ideal, the Real, and the Perfect in Medieval European Warfare; CHAPTER FOUR Linear Warfare: Images and Ideals of Combat in the Age of Enlightenment; CHAPTER FIVE Victories of the Conquered: The Native Character of the Sepoy

CHAPTER SIX The Sun of Austerlitz: Romantic Visions of Decisive Battle in Nineteenth-Century EuropeCHAPTER SEVEN The Merciless Fight: Race and Military Culture in the Pacific War; CHAPTER EIGHT Crossing the Canal: Egyptian Effectiveness and Military Culture in the October War; Epilogue: Terrorism: Forming a New Military Discourse on War; Appendix: The Discourse and the Reality of War: A Cultural Model; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7867-2791-8

OCLC:

818855471