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LEADER: 02210cam a22003734a 4500
001 2003006401
003 DLC
005 20110512081832.0
008 030317s2003 coua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2003006401
015 $aGBA3-X4083
020 $a0813333717 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm51892728
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dC#P$dUKM$dHAC$dBAKER$dNLGGC$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aU21.2$b.L95 2003
082 00 $a303.6/6/09$221
084 $a89.83$2bcl
084 $a15.50$2bcl
100 1 $aLynn, John A.$q(John Albert),$d1943-
245 10 $aBattle :$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 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0612/2003006401.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0830/2003006401-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0830/2003006401-d.html