An instinct for war : scenes from the battlefields of history / Roger Spiller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spiller, Roger J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Battles--Fiction.

Battles.

War stories.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Spiller combines a mastery of the primary sources with a vibrant historical imagination to locate a dozen turning points in the world's history of warfare that altered our understanding of war and its pursuit. We are conducted through profound moments by the voices of those who witnessed them and are given a graphic understanding of war, the devastating choices, the means by which battles are won and lost, and the enormous price exacted. Spiller's attention to the sights and sounds of battle enables us to feel the sting and menace of past violent conflicts as if they were today's.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Prologue

1. A Sword Is Drawn

2. The Testament

3. The Lesson

4. Scoundrel

5. La Noche Triste

6. Galen's Proof

7. In Winter Quarters

8. The Very Last Civil War Historian

9. Human Rain

10. Rain Stops Play

11. The Final War

12. At the Fair

13. The Discovery of Kansas

Notes:

Originally published: 2005.

ISBN:

9780674043930

0674043936

OCLC:

1043605281