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Ancient warfare / Harry Sidebottom.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sidebottom, Harry.
- Series:
- Very short introductions ; 117.
- Very short introductions ; 117
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military art and science--History--To 500.
- Military art and science.
- Military history, Ancient.
- Civilization, Western.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (165 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- "This book explores the ways in which ancient society thought about conflict. Many aspects of ancient warfare are examined from philosophy to the technical skills needed to fight"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- List of illustrations
- List of maps
- 1 'At my signal unleash hell': the Western Way of War?
- 2 Thinking with war
- 3 War and society
- 4 Thinking about war
- 5 Strategy
- 6 Fighting
- 7 'People should know when they are conquered': the reinventions of the Western Way of War
- Further reading
- Chronology
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-150) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4294-6987-0
- 1-280-75278-5
- 0-19-151699-6
- OCLC:
- 824558591
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