Nothing Less than Victory : : Decisive Wars and the Lessons of History / / John David Lewis.
The goal of war is to defeat the enemy's will to fight. But how this can be accomplished is a thorny issue. Nothing Less than Victory provocatively shows that aggressive, strategic military offenses can win wars and establish lasting peace, while defensive maneuvers have often led to prolonged...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (368 p.) :; 5 halftones. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Maps and Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Victory and the Moral Will to Fight
- Chapter 1. "To Look without Flinching"
- Chapter 2. "Only One Omen Is Best"
- Chapter 3. "I Will Have My Opponent"
- Chapter 4. "A Prince Necessary Rather Than Good"
- Chapter 5. "The Hard Hand of War"
- Chapter 6. "The Balm for a Guilty Conscience"
- Chapter 7. "Gifts from Heaven"
- Conclusion. The Lessons of the Victories
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX