Nothing Less than Victory : Decisive Wars and the Lessons of History /

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The goal of war is to defeat the enemy's will to fight. But how this can be accomplished is a thorny issue. Nothing Less than Victory provocatively shows that aggressive, strategic military offenses can win wars and establish lasting peace, while defensive maneuvers have often led to prolonged...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Lewis, John, 1955-2012 (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
War > Termination.
War > Moral and ethical aspects.
Peace.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Paix > Histoire.
Guerre > Aspect moral > Histoire.
Guerre > Fin > Histoire.
Peace > History.
War > Moral and ethical aspects > History.
War > Termination > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Victory and the moral will to fight
  • "To look without flinching": the Greco-Persian wars, 547-446 BC
  • "Only one omen is best": the Theban wars, 382-362 BC
  • "I will have my opponent": the Second Punic War, 218-201 BC
  • "A prince necessary rather than good": the campaigns of Aurelian, AD 270-275
  • "The hard hand of war": Sherman's march through the American South, AD 1864-1865
  • "The balm for a guilty conscience": British appeasement and the prelude to World War II, AD 1919-1939
  • "Gifts from heaven": the American victory over Japan, AD 1945
  • The lessons of the victories.

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