02562cam a22004214a 4500 13126558 BD-DhUL 20170518194117.0 030317s2003 coua b 001 0 eng 2003006401 GBA3-X4083 0813333717 (hardcover : alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocm51892728 DLC DLC C#P UKM HAC BAKER NLGGC BD-DhUL pcc U21.2 .L95 2003 303.6609 LYB 89.83 bcl Lynn, John A. (John Albert), 1943- Battle : a history of combat and culture / John A. Lynn. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2003. xxv, 399 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. 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. War. Military history. Combat. Sociology, Military. War and society. Military art and science Technological innovations. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0612/2003006401.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0830/2003006401-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0830/2003006401-d.html Book review (H-Net) http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=8416 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK jg11 2003-03-17 jg11 2003-03-17 aa19 2003-03-19 ps05 2006-02-17 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. ld11 2006-05-26 additional copy received dj12 2006-11-13 to copy 2 200333 200333 0 0 ddc 0 303_660900000000000_LYB 1 NFIC 338121 DUL DUL AAC 2017-05-18 Gift 303.6609 LYB 425774 2017-05-18 2017-05-18 BK