An Instinct for War : : Scenes from the Battlefields of History / / Roger J Spiller.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Spiller, Roger J,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674043930; 9783110442205; 9783110459517; 9783110662566
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674043930
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Roger J Spiller.

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.