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  • Warfare and Culture in World History, Second Edition

    Edición de 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 ... Leer más

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  • Barbarians and Brothers

    Anglo-American Warfare, 1500-1865

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • The Cutting-Off Way

    Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500–1800

    de 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 ... Leer más

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  • Empires and Indigenes

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

    Edición de 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 ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • The Other Face of Battle

    America's Forgotten Wars and the Experience of Combat

    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 ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Empires and Indigenes

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

    Edición de 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 ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • Barbarians and Brothers

    Anglo-American Warfare, 1500-1865

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • Audiolibro

    The Other Face of Battle

    America's Forgotten Wars and the Experience of Combat

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    9 hora 28 minutos

    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 ... Leer más

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  • Conflict and Compromise

    Pre-Confederation Canada

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  • The Dominion of War

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  • Civilization

    The West and the Rest

    **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 ... Leer más

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