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The allure of battle


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Stretching from Antiquity to the Second World War, a major new work of history that examines how battles have been fought--and reveals how wars have actually been won.



History has tended to measure war's winners and losers in terms of its major engagements, battles in which the result was so clear-cut that they could be considered "decisive." Marathon, Cannae, Tours, Agincourt, Austerlitz, Sedan, Stalingrad--all resonate in the literature of war and in our imaginations as tide-turning. But were they? As Cathal J. Nolan demonstrates in this magisterial and sweeping work, victory in major wars usually has been determined in other ways. Even the most legendarily lopsided of battles did not necessarily decide their outcomes. Nolan also challenges the hoary concept of the military "genius," even of the Great Captains--from Alexander to Frederick and Napoleon--mapping instead the decent into total war. The Allure of Battle systematically recreates and analyzes the major campaigns among the Great Powers, from the Middle Ages through the 20th century, from the fall of Byzantium to the defeat of the Axis powers, tracing the illusion of "short-war thinking," the hope that victory might be swift and conflict brief. Such as almost never been the case. Even one-sided battles have mainly contributed to victory or defeat by accelerating erosion of the other side's defenses, resources, and will. Massive conflicts, the so-called "people's wars," beginning with Napoleon and continuing until the end of World War II, have been more fundamentally determined by prolonged stalemate and attrition, wars in which the determining factor was not tactical but industrial. Nolan's masterful book places battles squarely and mercilessly within the context of the wider conflict in which they took place. In the process it help corrects a distorted view of their role in war, replacing popular images of "decisive battles" with somber appreciation of the sacrifice and endurance necessary to victory. Accessible, provocative, exhaustive, and illuminating, The Allure of Battle will spark fresh debate about the history and conduct of warfare.



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Product specificaties:

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 23 mei 2019

Aantal pagina's: 728

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Cathal Nolan

Hoofduitgeverij: Oxford University Press Inc

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 140 mm

Product hoogte: 41 mm

Product lengte: 208 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 136 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 44 mm

Verpakking lengte: 208 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 916 g

EAN: 9780190931513