The Face of Battle, the Eye of Command
Author | : Kimberly Ellen Kagan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Battles |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Kimberly Ellen Kagan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Battles |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Kimberly Kagan |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780472031283 |
An important new work that will change the way we think about and understand battles
Author | : John Keegan |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 1983-01-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1440673993 |
John Keegan's groundbreaking portrayal of the common soldier in the heat of battle -- a masterpiece that explores the physical and mental aspects of warfare The Face of Battle is military history from the battlefield: a look at the direct experience of individuals at the "point of maximum danger." Without the myth-making elements of rhetoric and xenophobia, and breaking away from the stylized format of battle descriptions, John Keegan has written what is probably the definitive model for military historians. And in his scrupulous reassessment of three battles representative of three different time periods, he manages to convey what the experience of combat meant for the participants, whether they were facing the arrow cloud at the battle of Agincourt, the musket balls at Waterloo, or the steel rain of the Somme. The Face of Battle is a companion volume to John Keegan's classic study of the individual soldier, The Mask of Command: together they form a masterpiece of military and human history.
Author | : |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 1119 |
Release | : 2013-08-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004252584 |
This collection of papers, arising from the Late Antique Archaeology conference series, explores war and warfare in Late Antiquity. Papers examine strategy and intelligence, weaponry, literary sources and topography, the West Roman Empire, the East Roman Empire, the Balkans, civil war and Italy.
Author | : Adela Frame |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 2017-04-17 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781545394953 |
Experienced commanders discuss anecdotes and case studies from their past operations.
Author | : Everett L. Wheeler |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 658 |
Release | : 2017-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1351894587 |
The origin of the Western military tradition in Greece 750-362 BC is fraught with controversies, such as the date and nature of the phalanx, the role of agricultural destruction and the existence of rules and ritualistic practices. This volume collects papers significant for specific points in debates or theoretical value in shaping and critiquing controversial viewpoints. An introduction offers a critical analysis of recent trends in ancient military history and provides a bibliographical essay contextualizing the papers within the framework of debates with a guide to further reading.
Author | : James R. McDonough |
Publisher | : Presidio Press |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2007-12-18 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0307416380 |
A remarkable memoir of small-unit leadership and the coming of age of a young soldier in combat in Vietnam.' "Using a lean style and a sense of pacing drawn from the tautest of novels, McDonough has produced a gripping account of his first command, a U.S. platoon taking part in the 'strategic hamlet' program. . . . Rather than present a potpourri of combat yarns. . . McDonough has focused a seasoned storyteller’s eye on the details, people, and incidents that best communicate a visceral feel of command under fire. . . . For the author’s honesty and literary craftsmanship, Platoon Leader seems destined to be read for a long time by second lieutenants trying to prepare for the future, veterans trying to remember the past, and civilians trying to understand what the profession of arms is all about.”–Army Times
Author | : General Giulio Douhet |
Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | : 620 |
Release | : 2014-08-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1782898522 |
In the pantheon of air power spokesmen, Giulio Douhet holds center stage. His writings, more often cited than perhaps actually read, appear as excerpts and aphorisms in the writings of numerous other air power spokesmen, advocates-and critics. Though a highly controversial figure, the very controversy that surrounds him offers to us a testimonial of the value and depth of his work, and the need for airmen today to become familiar with his thought. The progressive development of air power to the point where, today, it is more correct to refer to aerospace power has not outdated the notions of Douhet in the slightest In fact, in many ways, the kinds of technological capabilities that we enjoy as a global air power provider attest to the breadth of his vision. Douhet, together with Hugh “Boom” Trenchard of Great Britain and William “Billy” Mitchell of the United States, is justly recognized as one of the three great spokesmen of the early air power era. This reprint is offered in the spirit of continuing the dialogue that Douhet himself so perceptively began with the first edition of this book, published in 1921. Readers may well find much that they disagree with in this book, but also much that is of enduring value. The vital necessity of Douhet’s central vision-that command of the air is all important in modern warfare-has been proven throughout the history of wars in this century, from the fighting over the Somme to the air war over Kuwait and Iraq.
Author | : Barry Strauss |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2013-05-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439164495 |
Analyzes the leadership and strategies of three forefront military leaders from the ancient world, offers insight into the purposes behind their conflicts, and shows what today's leaders can glean from their successes and failures.
Author | : Cathal Nolan |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 729 |
Release | : 2017-01-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199874654 |
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." Cannae, Konigsberg, Austerlitz, Midway, Agincourt-all resonate in the literature of war and in our imaginations as tide-turning. But these legendary battles may or may not have determined the final outcome of the wars in which they were fought. Nor has the "genius" of the so-called Great Captains - from Alexander the Great to Frederick the Great and Napoleon - play a major role. Wars are decided in other ways. Cathal J. Nolan's The Allure of Battle systematically and engrossingly examines the great battles, tracing what he calls "short-war thinking," the hope that victory might be swift and wars brief. As he proves persuasively, however, such has almost never been the case. Even the major engagements have mainly contributed to victory or defeat by accelerating the erosion of the other side's defences. Massive conflicts, the so-called "people's wars," beginning with Napoleon and continuing until 1945, have consisted of and been determined by prolonged stalemate and attrition, industrial wars in which the determining factor has been not military but matériel. 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 battle's role in war, replacing popular images of the "battles of annihilation" with somber appreciation of the commitments and human sacrifices made throughout centuries of war particularly among the Great Powers. Accessible, provocative, exhaustive, and illuminating, The Allure of Battle will spark fresh debate about the history and conduct of warfare.