Umfang:
1 online resource (193 pages)
ISBN:
9780191516993
Inhalt:
This title examines all aspects of ancient warfare from philosophy to the technical skills needed to fight. It looks at war in a wider context and explores the ways in which ancient society thought about conflict: Can a war be just? Why was siege warfare particularly bloody? What role did divine intervention play in the outcome of a battle?.
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- List of illustrations -- List of maps -- 1 'At my signal unleash hell': the Western Way of War? -- 2 Thinking with war -- 3 War and society -- 4 Thinking about war -- 5 Strategy -- 6 Fighting -- 7 'People should know when they are conquered': the reinventions of the Western Way of War -- Further reading -- Chronology -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780192804709
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780192804709
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=232861
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