Nolan Cathal J. (Executive Director Of The International History Institute Executive Director Of The International History Institute Boston University)
Nolan Cathal J. (Executive Director Of The International History Institute Executive Director Of The International History Institute Boston University) - The Allure Of Battle A History Of How Wars Have Been Won And Lost - Paperback
Nolan Cathal J. (Executive Director Of The International History Institute Executive Director Of The International History Institute Boston University) - The Allure Of Battle A History Of How Wars Have Been Won And Lost - Paperback
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Description: 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." Marathon Cannae Tours Agincourt Austerlitz Sedan Stalingrad - - all resonate in the literature of war and in our imaginations as tide - turning. But were they? As Cathal J. Nolan demonstrates in this magisterial and sweeping work victory in major wars usually has been determined in other ways. Even the most legendarily lopsided of battles did not necessarily decide their outcomes. Nolan also challenges the hoary concept of the military "genius " even of the Great Captains - - from Alexander to Frederick and Napoleon - - mapping instead the decent into total war. The Allure of Battle systematically recreates and analyzes the major campaigns among the Great Powers from the Middle Ages through the 20th century from the fall of Byzantium to the defeat of the Axis powers tracing the illusion of "short - war thinking " the hope that victory might be swift and conflict brief. Such as almost never been the case. Even one - sided battles have mainly contributed to victory or defeat by accelerating erosion of the other side's defenses resources and will. Massive conflicts the so - called "people's wars " beginning with Napoleon and continuing until the end of World War II have been more fundamentally determined by prolonged stalemate and attrition wars in which the determining factor was not tactical but industrial. Nolan's masterful book places battles squarely and mercilessly within the context of the wider conflict in which they took place. In the process it help corrects a distorted view of their role in war replacing popular images of "decisive battles" with somber appreciation of the sacrifice and endurance necessary to victory. Accessible provocative exhaustive and illuminating The Allure of Battle will spark fresh debate about the history and conduct of warfare.
Title: The Allure Of Battle A History Of How Wars Have Been Won And Lost
Author(s): Nolan Cathal J. (Executive Director Of The International History Institute Executive Director Of The International History Institute Boston University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780190931513
Pages: 728 Pages, 10 B/W Illustrations
Publication Date: 3/1/2019
Category: Defence Strategy, Planning & Research
Description: 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." Marathon Cannae Tours Agincourt Austerlitz Sedan Stalingrad - - all resonate in the literature of war and in our imaginations as tide - turning. But were they? As Cathal J. Nolan demonstrates in this magisterial and sweeping work victory in major wars usually has been determined in other ways. Even the most legendarily lopsided of battles did not necessarily decide their outcomes. Nolan also challenges the hoary concept of the military "genius " even of the Great Captains - - from Alexander to Frederick and Napoleon - - mapping instead the decent into total war. The Allure of Battle systematically recreates and analyzes the major campaigns among the Great Powers from the Middle Ages through the 20th century from the fall of Byzantium to the defeat of the Axis powers tracing the illusion of "short - war thinking " the hope that victory might be swift and conflict brief. Such as almost never been the case. Even one - sided battles have mainly contributed to victory or defeat by accelerating erosion of the other side's defenses resources and will. Massive conflicts the so - called "people's wars " beginning with Napoleon and continuing until the end of World War II have been more fundamentally determined by prolonged stalemate and attrition wars in which the determining factor was not tactical but industrial. Nolan's masterful book places battles squarely and mercilessly within the context of the wider conflict in which they took place. In the process it help corrects a distorted view of their role in war replacing popular images of "decisive battles" with somber appreciation of the sacrifice and endurance necessary to victory. Accessible provocative exhaustive and illuminating The Allure of Battle will spark fresh debate about the history and conduct of warfare.
Title: The Allure Of Battle A History Of How Wars Have Been Won And Lost
Author(s): Nolan Cathal J. (Executive Director Of The International History Institute Executive Director Of The International History Institute Boston University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Barcode: 9780190931513
Pages: 728 Pages, 10 B/W Illustrations
Publication Date: 3/1/2019
Category: Defence Strategy, Planning & Research
