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An instinct for war : scenes from the battlefields of history
- Title
- An instinct for war : scenes from the battlefields of history / Roger Spiller.
- Author
- Spiller, Roger J.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005.
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| Text | Request in advance | PS3619.P548 I57 2005 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 403 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "An Instinct for War utilizes myriad tales of war to offer a look at one of humanity's oldest plagues. Roger Spiller excavates the essence of war and its evolution through the words and thoughts of those who led - and those who were led - into battle, moving from the perspective of an ancient Chinese emperor to Napoleon's command, from a Civil War soldier's final days to the particularities of today's small wars throughout the globe." "A bold departure from standard military history, An Instinct for War will challenge our understanding of how war forever alters the landscape - both human and geographic - and how individuals can alter the nature of battle. This collective portrait of the life of war offers unparalleled insight into our struggle for mastery over a fundamental instinct."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- War stories.
- Contents
- 1. A sword is drawn -- 2. The testament -- 3. The lesson -- 4. Scoundrel -- 5. La Noche Triste -- 6. Galen's proof -- 7. In winter quarters -- 8. The very last Civil War historian -- 9. Human rain -- 10. Rain stops play -- 11. The final war -- 12. At the fair -- 13. The discovery of Kansas.
- ISBN
- 0674019415 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005045214
- OCLC
- ocm60321218
- SCSB-5210261
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries