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Soldiers and civilization : how the profession of arms thought and fought the modern world into existence / Reed Robert Bonadonna.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bonadonna, Reed R., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Armies--History.
- Armies.
- History.
- Soldiers--History.
- Soldiers.
- Military art and science--History.
- Military art and science.
- Military history, Modern.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 340 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- How the profession of arms thought and fought the modern world into existence
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2017]
- Contents:
- Introduction: history and military professionalism
- Greeks and Macedonians: poetry, philosophy, and the phalanx
- Romans: legis et legio
- Late antiquity: pagan warriors and barbaric Christians
- The Middle Ages: chivalry and Christianity
- The early modern period: the army and the state
- The eighteenth century: soldiers of the Enlightenment
- Napoleon and the nineteenth century: revolution, reaction, and expansion
- The twentieth century: a world of conflict
- Conclusion: the twenty-first century: a century of the soldier?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781682470671
- 1682470679
- OCLC:
- 958483970
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