Battle : a history of combat and culture /
by Lynn, John A. (John Albert).
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BookPublisher: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2003Description: xxv, 399 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0813333717 (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): War | Military history | Combat | Sociology, Military | War and society | Military art and science -- Technological innovationsOnline resources: Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Book review (H-Net) | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Dhaka University Library Dr. Aftab Ahmed Collection | Non Fiction | 303.6609 LYB (Browse shelf) | Not For Loan | 425774 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-383) and index.
Preface: Requiem for the universal soldier -- Written in blood : the classical Greek drama of battle and the western way of war -- Subtleties of violence : ancienct Chinese and Indian texts on warfare -- Chivalry and chevauchée : the ideal, the real, and the perfect in medieval European warfare -- Linear warfare : images and ideals of combat in the age of enlightenment -- Victories of the conquered : the native character of the Sepoy -- The sun of Austerlitz : romantic visions of decisive battle in nineteenth-century Europe -- The merciless fight : race and military culture in the Pacific War -- Crossing the Canal : Egyptian effectiveness and military culture in the October War -- Epilogue: Terrorism and "evil" : forming a new discourse on war at the dawn of the twenty-first century -- Appendix: The discourse and the reality of war : a cultural model.
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