Soldiers and civilization : how the profession of arms thought and fought the modern world into existence /

When Kipling says in "The Young British Soldier," "I'll sing you a soldier as fair as I may," he reminds us that a soldier is made of the words of poetry, history, and the laws and language of his calling. The complete solider is not only a contributor to the civilization th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bonadonna, Reed R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2017]
Temas:
Armies > History.
Soldiers > History.
Military art and science > History.
Military history, Modern.
Armées > Histoire.
Art et science militaires > Histoire.
Histoire militaire moderne et contemporaine.
Armies.
Military art and science.
Soldiers.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: history and military professionalism
  • Greeks and Macedonians: poetry, philosophy, and the phalanx
  • Romans: legis et legio
  • Late antiquity: pagan warriors and barbaric Christians
  • The Middle Ages: chivalry and Christianity
  • The early modern period: the army and the state
  • The eighteenth century: soldiers of the Enlightenment
  • Napoleon and the nineteenth century: revolution, reaction, and expansion
  • The twentieth century: a world of conflict
  • Conclusion: the twenty-first century: a century of the soldier?.

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