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A rage to conquer : twelve battles that changed the course of Western history
Summary:
"Award-winning author Michael Walsh looks at twelve momentous battles that changed the course of Western history. A sequel to Michael Walsh's Last Stands, his new book A Rage to Conquer is a journey through the twelve of the most important battles in Western history. As Walsh sees it, war is an important facet of every culture - and, for better or worse, our world is unthinkable without it. War has been an essential part of the human condition throughout history, the principal agent of societal change, waged by men on behalf of, and in pursuit of, their gods, women, riches, power, and the sheer joy of combat. In A Rage to Conquer, Walsh brings history to life as he considers a group of courageous commanders and the battles they waged that became crucial to the course of Western history. He looks first at Carl Von Clausewitz, the seminal thinker in the Western canon dealing with war. He then moves on to Achilles at Ilium, Alexander at Gaugamela, Caesar at Alesia, Constantine at the Milvian Bridge, Aetius at the Catalaunian Plains, Bohemond at Dorylaeum and Antioch, Napoleon at Austerlitz, Pershing at St.-Mihiel, Nimitz at Midway and Patton at the Bulge with a final consideration of how the Battle of 9/11 was ultimately lost by the U.S. and what that portends for the future"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction : to fight for
Clausewitz on war
Achilles at Ilium
Alexander at Gaugamela
Caesar at Alesia
Constantine at the Milvian Bridge
Aetius at the Catalaunian Plain
Bohemond at Dorylaeum and Antioch
Napoleon at Austerlitz
Pershing at St.-Mihiel, Nimitz at Midway Patton at the Bulge
Afterword : of the battle of 9/11.
Clausewitz on war
Achilles at Ilium
Alexander at Gaugamela
Caesar at Alesia
Constantine at the Milvian Bridge
Aetius at the Catalaunian Plain
Bohemond at Dorylaeum and Antioch
Napoleon at Austerlitz
Pershing at St.-Mihiel, Nimitz at Midway Patton at the Bulge
Afterword : of the battle of 9/11.
Item details
- ISBN: 9781250281371
- ISBN: 1250281369
- ISBN: 9781250281364
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Physical Description:
x, 389 pages ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2025.
- Copyright: ©2024
Contents / Notes
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction : to fight for
Clausewitz on war
Achilles at Ilium
Alexander at Gaugamela
Caesar at Alesia
Constantine at the Milvian Bridge
Aetius at the Catalaunian Plain
Bohemond at Dorylaeum and Antioch
Napoleon at Austerlitz
Pershing at St.-Mihiel, Nimitz at Midway Patton at the Bulge
Afterword : of the battle of 9/11.
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