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The father of us all: war and history, ancient and modern
2010, Bloomsbury Press
in English
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1608191656 9781608191659
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Table of Contents
Part 1. Military history : the orphaned discipline
Why study war?
Classical lessons and post-9/11 wars
Raw, relevant history from the 300 Spartans to the history of Thucydides
Part 2. War writing
Thalatta! Thalatta!
The old breed
The war to begin all wars
Don Juan of Austria is riding to the sea
Part 3. The postmodern meets the premodern
The end of decisive battle for now
Men make a city, not walls or ships empty of men
The American way of war : past, present, and future
Part 4. How western wars are lost and won
Your defeat, my victory
The odd couple : war and democracy
Who is the enemy?
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