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Battle - A History Of Combat And Culture (Paperback, New Ed)
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Battle - A History Of Combat And Culture (Paperback, New Ed)
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"Battle: A History of Combat and Culture" spans the globe and the
centuries to explore the way ideas shape the conduct of warfare.
Drawing its examples from Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, East
Asia, and America, John A. Lynn challenges the belief that
technology has been the dominant influence on combat from ancient
times to the present day. In battle, ideas can be more far more
important than bullets or bombs. Carl von Clausewitz proclaimed
that war is politics, but even more basically, war is culture. The
hard reality of armed conflict is formed by - and, in turn, forms -
a culture's values, assumptions, and expectations about fighting.
The author examines the relationship between the real and the
ideal, arguing that feedback between the two follows certain
discernable paths. Battle rejects the currently fashionable notion
of a "Western way of warfare" and replaces it with more nuanced
concepts of varied and evolving cultural patterns of combat. After
considering history, Lynn finally asks how the knowledge gained
might illuminate our understanding of the war on terrorism.
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