[PDF.79um] The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost

The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost

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 | #22131 in Books |  Oxford University Press USA |  2017-02-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.60 x1.90 x9.40l,.0 | File type: PDF | 728 pages

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||24 of 24 people found the following review helpful.| A Military History Tour de Force|By Mark Episkopos|Professor Nolan seeks to dispel the myth of the decisive battle, lent credence by such major military histories as Fuller’s aptly named Decisive Battles of the Western World. Nolan’s thesis also pits him against the grain of a popular culture captivated by the romantic appeal of epic battlefield clashes between ge| ||"With considerable elegance, Mr. Nolan disposes of iconic military genius, putting particular stress on the importance of defensive battle.... He suggests that his book is not written for military historians but for the wider public, in part to alert the gene

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." Cannae, Konigsberg, Austerlitz, Midway, Agincourt-all resonate in the literature of war and in our imaginations as tide-turning. But these legendary battles may or may not have determined the final outcome of the wars in which they were fought. Nor has the "genius" of the so-called Great Captains...

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