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Warfare and culture in world history /
"Warfare and Culture in World History explores cultural consequences of war in the world"--
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Auteurs principaux: | , , , , , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2020]
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| Édition: | Second edition. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | "Warfare and Culture in World History explores cultural consequences of war in the world"-- "An expanded edition of the leading text on military history and the role of culture on the battlefield Ideas matter in warfare. Guns may kill, but ideas determine when, where, and how they are used. Traditionally, military historians attempted to explain the ideas behind warfare in strictly rational terms, but over the past few decades, a stronger focus has been placed on how societies conceptualize war, weapons, violence, and military service, to determine how culture informs the battlefield. Warfare and Culture in World History, Second Edition, is a collection of some of the most compelling recent efforts to analyze warfare through a cultural lens. These curated essays draw on, and aggressively expand, traditional scholarship on war and society through sophisticated cultural analysis. Chapters range from an organizational analysis of American Civil War field armies, to an exploration of military culture in late Republican Rome, to debates within Ming Chinese officialdom over extermination versus pacification. In addition to a revised and expanded introduction, the second edition of Warfare and Culture in World History now adds new chapters on the role of herding in shaping Mongol strategies, Spanish military culture and its effects on the conquest of the New World, and the blending of German and East African military cultures among the Africans who served in the German colonial army. This volume provides a full range of case studies of how culture, whether societal, strategic, organizational, or military, could shape not only military institutions but also actual battlefield choices."-- |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (ix, 351 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1479844268 9781479844265 |