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  • Warfare and Culture in World History, Second Edition

    Edited by Wayne E. Lee ...
    An expanded edition of the leading text on military history and the role of culture on the battlefieldIdeas matter in warfare. Guns may kill, but ideas determine when, where, and how they are used. 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 ... Read more

    Was $28.99 USD Now $22.99 USD

  • Barbarians and Brothers

    Anglo-American Warfare, 1500-1865

    by Wayne E. Lee ...
    The most important conflicts in the founding of the English colonies and the American republic were fought against enemies either totally outside of their society or within it: barbarians or brothers. In this work, Wayne E. Lee presents a searching exploration of early modern English and American warfare, looking at the sixteenth-century wars in Ireland, the English Civil War, the colonial Anglo ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • The Cutting-Off Way

    Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500–1800

    by Wayne E. Lee ...
    Incorporating archeology, anthropology, cartography, and Indigenous studies into military history, Wayne E. Lee has argued throughout his distinguished career that wars and warfare cannot be understood by a focus that rests solely on logistics, strategy, and operations. Fighting forces bring their own cultural traditions and values onto the battlefield. In this volume, Lee employs his “cutting-off ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Empires and Indigenes

    Intercultural Alliance, Imperial Expansion, and Warfare in the Early Modern World

    Edited by Wayne E. Lee ...
    Series series Warfare and Culture
    The early modern period (c. 1500–1800) of world history is characterized by the establishment and aggressive expansion of European empires, and warfare between imperial powers and indigenous peoples was a central component of the quest for global dominance. From the Portuguese in Africa to the Russians and Ottomans in Central Asia, empire builders could not avoid military interactions with native ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Other Face of Battle

    America's Forgotten Wars and the Experience of Combat

    by Wayne E. Lee, David L. Preston, Anthony E. Carlson, David Silbey ...
    Taking its title from The Face of Battle, John Keegan's canonical book on the nature of warfare, The Other Face of Battle illuminates the American experience of fighting in "irregular" and "intercultural" wars over the centuries. Sometimes known as "forgotten" wars, in part because they lacked triumphant clarity, they are the focus of the book. David Preston, David Silbey, and Anthony Carlson ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Empires and Indigenes

    Intercultural Alliance, Imperial Expansion, and Warfare in the Early Modern World

    Edited by Wayne E. Lee ...
    The early modern period (c. 1500–1800) of world history is characterized by the establishment and aggressive expansion of European empires, and warfare between imperial powers and indigenous peoples was a central component of the quest for global dominance. From the Portuguese in Africa to the Russians and Ottomans in Central Asia, empire builders could not avoid military interactions with native ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Barbarians and Brothers

    Anglo-American Warfare, 1500-1865

    by Wayne E. Lee ...
    The most important conflicts in the founding of the English colonies and the American republic were fought against enemies either totally outside of their society or within it: barbarians or brothers. In this work, Wayne E. Lee presents a searching exploration of early modern English and American warfare, looking at the sixteenth-century wars in Ireland, the English Civil War, the colonial Anglo ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

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    The Other Face of Battle

    America's Forgotten Wars and the Experience of Combat

    by Wayne E. Lee, David L. Preston, David Silbey, Anthony E. Carlson ...
    Narrated by Danny Campbell ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 28 min

    Taking its title from The Face of Battle, John Keegan's canonical book on the nature of warfare, The Other Face of Battle, illuminates the American experience of fighting in "irregular" and "intercultural" wars over the centuries. Sometimes known as "forgotten" wars, in part because they lacked triumphant clarity, they are the focus of the book. David Preston, David Silbey, and Anthony Carlson ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    A Very Short Introduction

    by Alan Taylor ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    In the traditional narrative of American colonial history, early European settlements, as well as native peoples and African slaves, were treated in passing as unfortunate aberrations in a fundamentally upbeat story of Englishmen becoming freer and more prosperous by colonizing an abundant continent of "free land." Over the last generation, historians have broadened our understanding of colonial ... Read more

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  • Conflict and Compromise

    Pre-Confederation Canada

    by Raymond B. Blake, Jeffrey A. Keshen, Norman J. Knowles, Barbara J. Messamore ...
    Driven by its strong narrative, Conflict and Compromise presents Canadian history chronologically, allowing a better understanding of the interrelationships between events. Its main objective is to demonstrate that although Canadian history has been marked by cleavages and conflicts, there has been a continual process of negotiation and a need for compromise which has enabled Canada to develop ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • The Dominion of War

    Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000

    by Fred Anderson, Andrew Cayton ...
    Americans often think of their nation’s history as a movement toward ever-greater democracy, equality, and freedom. Wars in this story are understood both as necessary to defend those values and as exceptions to the rule of peaceful progress. In The Dominion of War, historians Fred Anderson and Andrew Cayton boldly reinterpret the development of the United States, arguing instead that war has ... Read more

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  • Civilization

    The West and the Rest

    by Niall Ferguson ...
    **From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower“A dazzling history of Western ideas.”—The Economist“Mr. Ferguson tells his story with characteristic verve and an eye for the felicitous phrase.” —Wall Street Journal“[W]ritten with vitality and verve . . . a tour de force.” —Boston Globe**Western civilization’s rise to global dominance is the single most important ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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