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010			_a 2003006401
015			_aGBA3-X4083
020			_a0813333717 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocm51892728
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050	0	0	_aU21.2 _b.L95 2003
082			_a303.6609 _bLYB
084			_a89.83 _2bcl
100	1		_aLynn, John A. _q(John Albert), _d1943-
245	1	0	_aBattle : _ba history of combat and culture / _cJohn A. Lynn.
260			_aBoulder, Colo. : _bWestview Press, _c2003.
300			_axxv, 399 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 343-383) and index.
505	0		_aPreface: 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.
650		0	_aWar.
650		0	_aMilitary history.
650		0	_aCombat.
650		0	_aSociology, Military.
650		0	_aWar and society.
650		0	_aMilitary art and science _xTechnological innovations.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0612/2003006401.html
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0830/2003006401-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0830/2003006401-d.html
856	4	2	_3Book review (H-Net) _uhttp://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=8416
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955			_ajg11 2003-03-17 _cjg11 2003-03-17 _aaa19 2003-03-19 _aps05 2006-02-17 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. _ald11 2006-05-26 additional copy received _adj12 2006-11-13 to copy 2
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