Screen LibraryWarfare and culture in world history /
"Ideas matter in warfare. Guns may kill, but it is the ideas behind when, where, and how to use them that make them effective. 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 pl...
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New York University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2020] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Summary: |
"Ideas matter in warfare. Guns may kill, but it is the ideas behind when, where, and how to use them that make them effective. 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. [This book] is a collection of some of the most compelling recent efforts to analyze warfare through a cultural lens..."--back cover. |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 351 pages : illustration, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781479862436 1479862436 9781479800001 1479800007 |
| Index Number: | U27 |
| CLC: |
E19 E0-05 |
| Call Number: | E0-05/W274/2nd ed. |