John A. Lynn - Battle
John A. Lynn - Battle Battle: A History of Combat and Culture spans the globe and the centuries to explore the way ideas shape the conduct of warfare. Lynn challenges the belief that technology has…
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John A. Lynn - Battle
Battle: A History of Combat and Culture spans the globe and the centuries to explore the way ideas shape the conduct of warfare. Lynn challenges the belief that technology has been the dominant influence on combat from ancient times to the present day. Drawing its examples from Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, and America, John A.
Clausewitz proclaimed that war is politics, but even more basically, war is culture. In battle, ideas can be more far more important than bullets or bombs. The hard reality of armed conflict is formed by -- and, in turn, forms -- a culture's values, assumptions, and expectations about fighting.
The author examines the relationship between the real and the ideal, arguing that feedback between the two follows certain discernable paths. Battle rejects the currently fashionable notion of a Western way of warfare and replaces it with