Battle : a history of combat and culture /

Main Author: Lynn, John A. 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : Westview Press, 2004.
Edition:Rev. and updated ed.
Subjects:
War
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Requiem for the universal soldier
  • Written in blood : the Classical Greek drama of battle and the western way of war
  • Subtleties of violence : ancienct Chinese and Indian texts on warfare
  • Chivalry and chevauchée : the ideal, the real, and the perfect in medieval European warfare
  • Linear warfare : images and ideals of combat in the age of enlightenment
  • Victories of the conquered : the native character of the Sepoy
  • The sun of Austerlitz : romantic visions of decisive battle in nineteenth-century Europe
  • The merciless fight : race and military culture in the Pacific War
  • Crossing the Canal : Egyptian effectiveness and military culture in the October War
  • Epilogue: Terrorism : forming a new discourse on war
  • Appendix: The discourse and the reality of war : a cultural model.