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The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost
Cathal Nolan
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Description for The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost
Hardback. The Allure of Battle is an accessible, provocative, and entertaining book that illuminates fresh debate about the conduct of warfare and the character of battle for readers of military history. Num Pages: 728 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HBA; HBG; HBL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1156.
Cathal Nolan's The Allure of Battle shows that while wars have shaped the history of the modern world, their outcomes are decided by many other factors. The book argues that major battles are not decisive to the outcome of wars; rather, wars depend on longer-term attrition in which the side that wins gradually and remorselessly overwhelms the other with larger arsenals and greater reserves of manpower. To illustrate his argument, Nolan draws on conflicts throughout the world and throughout history (aside from classical or medieval warfare, which, he argues, had greatly different characters from each other and from early modern ... Read more
Cathal Nolan's The Allure of Battle shows that while wars have shaped the history of the modern world, their outcomes are decided by many other factors. The book argues that major battles are not decisive to the outcome of wars; rather, wars depend on longer-term attrition in which the side that wins gradually and remorselessly overwhelms the other with larger arsenals and greater reserves of manpower. To illustrate his argument, Nolan draws on conflicts throughout the world and throughout history (aside from classical or medieval warfare, which, he argues, had greatly different characters from each other and from early modern ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
728
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195383782
SKU
V9780195383782
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Ref
99-22
About Cathal Nolan
Cathal Nolan is Associate Professor of History and Executive Director, International History Institute, Boston University.
Reviews for The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost
Nolan exhibits an impressive depth of knowledge of his subject; his work is marked by stylish writing with extensive discourse on political and social as well as military issues
Russell K. Brown, The Journal of America's Military Past
The Allure of Battle provides new and fresh insights into war studies and offers several new and fresh perspectives to ... Read more
Russell K. Brown, The Journal of America's Military Past
The Allure of Battle provides new and fresh insights into war studies and offers several new and fresh perspectives to ... Read more