Spans the globe and the centuries to explore the way ideas shape the conduct of warfare Drawing on examples from Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, and America, John A. Lynn challenges the belief that technology has been the dominant influence on combat from ancient times to the present. In battle, ideas can be more far more important than bullets or bombs. Carl von Clausewitz proclaimed that war is politics, but even more basically, war is culture. The hard reality of armed conflict is formed by - and, in turn ...
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Spans the globe and the centuries to explore the way ideas shape the conduct of warfare Drawing on examples from Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, and America, John A. Lynn challenges the belief that technology has been the dominant influence on combat from ancient times to the present. In battle, ideas can be more far more important than bullets or bombs. Carl von Clausewitz proclaimed that war is politics, but even more basically, war is culture. The hard reality of armed conflict is formed by - and, in turn, forms - a culture's values, assumptions, and expectations about fighting. The author examines the relationship between the real and the ideal, arguing that feedback between the two follows certain discernible paths. Battle rejects the currently fashionable notion of a 'Western way of warfare' and replaces it with more nuanced concepts of varied and evolving cultural patterns of combat. After considering history, Lynn finally asks how the knowledge gained might illuminate our understanding of the war on terrorism. The book includes a new Epilogue by the author.
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B&W Photographs. Very Good+ in Very Good+ (in mylar) jacket. Hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. About a dozen pages of red penciled marginalia/underlining, else textblock is clean and very tight. Bumped head and foot of spine. Unclipped dust jacket, lightly bumped at head and foot of spine, illustrated cover. 399pp., including notes and index.
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Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 0813333717. A little water-staining to top edges of pages. Otherwise, clean and solid.; Black & white illustrations; 9.5 X 6.5 X 1.4 inches; 399 pages.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x1x6; Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & soiling on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) Excellent Copy-Signed-For Bill Howe, Thank You For Your Intrest In My Book, With Ever Good Wish-By The Author On The Half-Title Page. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Near Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, No Real Shelf Wear. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Near Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks, And Enjoy.