TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lynn, John A.
TI  - Battle: a history of combat and culture 
SN  - 0813333717
AV  - U21.2 .L95 2003
U1  - 303.6609 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Boulder, Colo.
PB  - Westview Press
KW  - War
KW  - Military history
KW  - Combat
KW  - Sociology, Military
KW  - War and society
KW  - Military art and science
KW  - Technological innovations
N1  - 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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