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Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think
de Victor Hanson
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- Tapa blanda
- Estado
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- ISBN 10
- 0385721943
- ISBN 13
- 9780385721943
- Librería
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Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
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Anchor. Softcover. Very Good. Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think by Victor Hanson (ISBN: 9780385721943): In "Ripples of Battle," Victor Hanson examines the enduring impact of historical battles on contemporary military strategy, culture, and society. He explores how the lessons learned from past conflicts continue to shape the way wars are fought, the way societies evolve, and the way individuals think about warfare and its consequences. Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear. May have remainder marks, often with a black dot or similar mark, to the top or bottom edge of the book.
Sinopsis
The effects of war refuse to remain local: they persist through the centuries, sometimes in unlikely ways far removed from the military arena. In Ripples of Battle, the acclaimed historian Victor Davis Hanson weaves wide-ranging military and cultural history with his unparalleled gift for battle narrative as he illuminates the centrality of war in the human experience.The Athenian defeat at Delium in 424 BC brought tactical innovations to infantry fighting; it also assured the influence of the philosophy of Socrates, who fought well in the battle. Nearly twenty-three hundred years later, the carnage at Shiloh and the death of the brilliant Southern strategist Albert Sidney Johnson inspired a sense of fateful tragedy that would endure and stymie Southern culture for decades. The Northern victory would also bolster the reputation of William Tecumseh Sherman, and inspire Lew Wallace to pen the classic Ben Hur. And, perhaps most resonant for our time, the agony of Okinawa spurred the Japanese toward state-sanctioned suicide missions, a tactic so uncompromising and subversive, it haunts our view of non-Western combatants to this day.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Librería
- Quixotic Books
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- QB02296
- Título
- Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think
- Autor
- Victor Hanson
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Softcover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0385721943
- ISBN 13
- 9780385721943
- Editorial
- Anchor
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- October 12, 2004
- Palabras clave
- Wars, past, determination, impact, battle, reflection, strategy, consequences, society, perspective.
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Quixotic Books
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Launceston, Tasmania
Sobre Quixotic Books
Quixotic Books is an independent bookstore in Launceston (Tasmania). We specialize in titles difficult to find offered in Australia, with an emphasis on history. We also offer a Book Finder Service, where we track down books you cannot find.
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