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Warfare and Culture in World History (Paperback)
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Warfare and Culture in World History (Paperback)
Series: Warfare and Culture
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It has long been acknowledged that the study of war and warfare
demands careful consideration of technology, institutions, social
organization, and more. But, for some, the so-called "war and
society" approach increasingly included everything but explained
nothing, because it all too often seemed to ignore the events on
the battlefield itself. The military historians in Warfare and
Culture in World History return us to the battlefield, but they do
so through a deep examination of the role of culture in shaping
military institutions and military choices. Collected here are some
of the most provocative recent efforts to analyze warfare through a
cultural lens, drawing on and aggressively expanding traditional
scholarship on war and society through sophisticated cultural
analysis. With chapters ranging from an organizational analysis of
American Civil War field armies to the soldiers' culture of late
Republican Rome and debates within Ming Chinese officialdom over
extermination versus pacification, this one 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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