Battle
A History Of Combat And Culture
$76.12
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
23 November 2004
Summary
Battle: A History of Combat and Culture spans the globe and the centuries to explore the way ideas shape the conduct of warfare. Drawing its examples from Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, and America, John A. Lynn challenges the belief that technology has been the dominant influence on combat from ancient times to the present day. In battle, ideas can be more far more important than bullets or bombs. Carl von Clausewitz proclaimed that war is politics, but even more basically,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780813333724 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0813333725 |
| Author: | John A. Lynn |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 23 November 2004 |
| Weight: | 652g |
| Dimensions: | 231mm x 157mm x 27mm |
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”[A] rich and imaginative study.” - Foreign Affairs”
About The Author
John A. Lynn
John A. Lynn, an expert on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century warfare professor, is a professor of history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an adjunct professor at Ohio State University. He lives in Champaign, Illinois.
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