A rage to conquer : twelve battles that changed the course of Western history / Michael Walsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walsh, Michael, 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Battles.

War.

Military history.

battles.

War and civilization.

Physical Description:

x, 389 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Twelve battles that changed the course of Western history

12 battles that changed the course of Western history

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Award-winning author Michael Walsh looks at twelve momentous battles that changed the course of Western history. A sequel to Michael Walsh's Last Stands, his new book A Rage to Conquer is a journey through the twelve of the most important battles in Western history. As Walsh sees it, war is an important facet of every culture - and, for better or worse, our world is unthinkable without it. War has been an essential part of the human condition throughout history, the principal agent of societal change, waged by men on behalf of, and in pursuit of, their gods, women, riches, power, and the sheer joy of combat. In A Rage to Conquer, Walsh brings history to life as he considers a group of courageous commanders and the battles they waged that became crucial to the course of Western history. He looks first at Carl Von Clausewitz, the seminal thinker in the Western canon dealing with war. He then moves on to Achilles at Ilium, Alexander at Gaugamela, Caesar at Alesia, Constantine at the Milvian Bridge, Aetius at the Catalaunian Plains, Bohemond at Dorylaeum and Antioch, Napoleon at Austerlitz, Pershing at St.-Mihiel, Nimitz at Midway and Patton at the Bulge with a final consideration of how the Battle of 9/11 was ultimately lost by the U.S. and what that portends for the future"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : to fight for

Clausewitz on war

Achilles at Ilium

Alexander at Gaugamela

Caesar at Alesia

Constantine at the Milvian Bridge

Aetius at the Catalaunian Plain

Bohemond at Dorylaeum and Antioch

Napoleon at Austerlitz

Pershing at St.-Mihiel, Nimitz at Midway Patton at the Bulge

Afterword : of the battle of 9/11.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781250281364

1250281369

OCLC:

1429658321