Battle: Understanding Conflict from Hastings to Helmand Callister Graeme
Battle: Understanding Conflict from Hastings to Helmand Callister Graeme What are the critical factors that determine the outcome of battles? How important is the leadership of the commanders, the…
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Battle: Understanding Conflict from Hastings to Helmand Callister Graeme
What are the critical factors that determine the outcome of battles? How important is the leadership of the commanders, the terrain over which the armies fight, the weapons they use and the supplies they depend on? Which is more decisive in a clash of arms: armies or the societies they represent?
These are among the questions Graeme Callister and Rachael Whitbread seek to answer as they demonstrate the breadth of factors that need to be taken into account to truly understand battle.Their book traces the evolution of warfare over time, exploring the changing influence of the social, political, technological and physical landscape on the field of battle itself. And what about the rules of war and the strategic thinking and tactics of the time? They examine how the motivation of the combatants and their methods of fighting have changed, and they illustrate their conclusions with
Battle of Hastings
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