As Bell argues in this tour de force of interpretive history, nearly every modern aspect of war took root during the Enlightenment and the French Revolution: conscription, unconditional surrender, total disregard for the rules of combat, mobilization of civilians, guerrilla warfare, and the perverse notion of war fought for the sake of peace.
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As Bell argues in this tour de force of interpretive history, nearly every modern aspect of war took root during the Enlightenment and the French Revolution: conscription, unconditional surrender, total disregard for the rules of combat, mobilization of civilians, guerrilla warfare, and the perverse notion of war fought for the sake of peace.
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Like New in Very Good jacket. Hardcover, Fine in a Very Good dust jacket, 2007 First Edition, first printing, 420 pages-S A5**USPS Priority mail will be used for most packages**
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Like New. Size: 9x6x1; [Inscribed, signed by David A. Bell on half title page] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. x, 420 p., 23 cm. *Autographed by author. * David A. Bell is a historian of early modern France, with a particular interest in the political culture of the Old Regime and the French Revolution.
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