An Instinct for War : : Scenes from the Battlefields of History / / 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 a...
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Spiller, Roger J, author. An Instinct for War : Scenes from the Battlefields of History / Roger J Spiller. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009] ©2005 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019) Battles Fiction. War stories. HISTORY / Military / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014 9783110459517 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2015 9783110662566 print 9780674019416 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674043930 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674043930.jpg |
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