Lewis Nothing Less than Victory

Decisive Wars and the Lessons of History
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-3430-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Lewis, John David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Militär- und Verteidigungstechnik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps and Illustrations vii

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: Victory and the Moral Will to Fight 1

Chapter 1: "To Look without Flinching": The Greco-Persian Wars, 547-446 BC 11

Chapter 2: "Only One Omen Is Best": The Theban Wars, 382-362 BC 36

Chapter 3: "I Will Have My Opponent": The Second Punic War, 218-201 BC 68

Chapter 4: "A Prince Necessary Rather Than Good": The Campaigns of Aurelian, AD 270-275 109

Chapter 5: "The Hard Hand of War": Sherman's March through the American South, AD 1864-1865 141

Chapter 6: "The Balm for a Guilty Conscience": British Appeasement and the Prelude to World War II, AD 1919-1939 184

Chapter 7: "Gifts from Heaven": The American Victory over Japan, AD 1945 237

Conclusion: The Lessons of the Victories 286

Notes 295

Bibliography 323

Index 345

Über Autor(innen)

John David Lewis is visiting associate professor of philosophy, politics, and economics at Duke University, and senior research scholar in history and classics at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State University. He is the author of Solon the Thinker: Political Thought in Archaic Athens and Early Greek Lawgivers.