UID:
almafu_9959230706502883
Format:
1 online resource (465 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-84935-4
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0-585-44756-X
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1-134-84934-6
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1-280-32019-2
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0-203-42558-8
Content:
Studies the British Civil Wars as a military experience from the perspective of those who fought them. Carlton looks at the soldier's understanding of war: how men prepared for combat, how they campaigned, and dealt with defeat.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword by John Keegan; Acknowledgments; THE ACTUALITIES OF WAR; THE DRUM'S DISCORDANT SOUND; A SIGHT; THE SADDEST THAT EYES CAN SEE; NAMING OF PARTS; A SOLDIER'S LIFE IS TERRIBLE HARD; THE EPITOME OF WAR; THE MISERABLE EFFECTS OF WAR; TRADESMEN OF KILLINGMANAGERS OF VIOLENCE; TO SLAY AND TO BE SLAIN; WHEN THE HURLYBURLY'S DONE; MORE TO SPOIL THAN TO SERVE; I DON'T WANT TO GO TO WAR; THEN WE STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN; DOES IT MATTER?; Notes; Index;
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-138-15578-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-10391-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203425589
