Nothing less than victory: decisive wars and the lessons of history
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Victory and the moral will to fight -- "To look without flinching": the Greco-Persian wars, 547-446 BC -- "Only one omen is best": the Theban wars, 382-362 BC -- "I will have my opponent": the Second Punic War, 218-201 BC -- "A prince necessary rather than good": the campaigns of Aurelian, AD 270-275 -- "The hard hand of war": Sherman's march through the American South, AD 1864-1865 -- "The balm for a guilty conscience": British appeasement and the prelude to World War II, AD 1919-1939 -- "Gifts from heaven": the American victory over Japan, AD 1945 -- The lessons of the victories The goal of war is to defeat the enemy's will to fight. But how this can be accomplished is a thorny issue. Nothing Less than Victory provocatively shows that aggressive, strategic military offenses can win wars and establish lasting peace, while defensive maneuvers have often led to prolonged carnage, indecision, and stalemate. Taking an ambitious and sweeping look at six major wars, from antiquity to World War II, John David Lewis shows how victorious military commanders have achieved long-term peace by identifying the core of the enemy's ideological, political, and social support for a war |
| Beschreibung: | 354 pages |
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| spelling | Lewis, John 1955-2012 Verfasser aut Nothing less than victory decisive wars and the lessons of history John David Lewis Princeton Princeton University Press 2010 354 pages txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index Victory and the moral will to fight -- "To look without flinching": the Greco-Persian wars, 547-446 BC -- "Only one omen is best": the Theban wars, 382-362 BC -- "I will have my opponent": the Second Punic War, 218-201 BC -- "A prince necessary rather than good": the campaigns of Aurelian, AD 270-275 -- "The hard hand of war": Sherman's march through the American South, AD 1864-1865 -- "The balm for a guilty conscience": British appeasement and the prelude to World War II, AD 1919-1939 -- "Gifts from heaven": the American victory over Japan, AD 1945 -- The lessons of the victories The goal of war is to defeat the enemy's will to fight. But how this can be accomplished is a thorny issue. Nothing Less than Victory provocatively shows that aggressive, strategic military offenses can win wars and establish lasting peace, while defensive maneuvers have often led to prolonged carnage, indecision, and stalemate. Taking an ambitious and sweeping look at six major wars, from antiquity to World War II, John David Lewis shows how victorious military commanders have achieved long-term peace by identifying the core of the enemy's ideological, political, and social support for a war Geschichte gnd rswk-swf TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science bisacsh HISTORY / Military / Other bisacsh Peace fast War / Moral and ethical aspects fast War / Termination fast Ethik Geschichte War Termination History War Moral and ethical aspects History Peace History Moralische Notwendigkeit (DE-588)4614891-7 gnd rswk-swf Krieg (DE-588)4033114-3 gnd rswk-swf Ethik (DE-588)4015602-3 gnd rswk-swf Kriegführung (DE-588)4073817-6 gnd rswk-swf Krieg (DE-588)4033114-3 s Moralische Notwendigkeit (DE-588)4614891-7 s Kriegführung (DE-588)4073817-6 s Ethik (DE-588)4015602-3 s Geschichte z 1\p DE-604 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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