| Description |
1 online resource (354 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Victory and the moral will to fight -- "To look without flinching": the Greco-Persian wars, 547-446 BC -- "Only one omen is best": the Theban wars, 382-362 BC -- "I will have my opponent": the Second Punic War, 218-201 BC -- "A prince necessary rather than good": the campaigns of Aurelian, AD 270-275 -- "The hard hand of war": Sherman's march through the American South, AD 1864-1865 -- "The balm for a guilty conscience": British appeasement and the prelude to World War II, AD 1919-1939 -- "Gifts from heaven": the American victory over Japan, AD 1945 -- The lessons of the victories |
| Summary |
The goal of war is to defeat the enemy's will to fight. But how this can be accomplished is a thorny issue. Nothing Less than Victory provocatively shows that aggressive, strategic military offenses can win wars and establish lasting peace, while defensive maneuvers have often led to prolonged carnage, indecision, and stalemate. Taking an ambitious and sweeping look at six major wars, from antiquity to World War II, John David Lewis shows how victorious military commanders have achieved long-term peace by identifying the core of the enemy's ideological, political, and social support for a war |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
War -- Termination -- History
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War -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History
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Peace -- History
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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Peace
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War -- Moral and ethical aspects
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War -- Termination
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009024513 |
| ISBN |
9781400834303 |
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1400834309 |
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