An instinct for war : scenes from the battlefields of history

An instinct for war : scenes from the battlefields of history / Roger Spiller.

Stories about war are some of the oldest stories told--used to entertain, to glorify, to lament, to educate. An Instinct for War utilizes myriad tales of war to offer a remarkable look at one of humanity's oldest plagues. Roger Spiller excavates the essence of war and its evolution through the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spiller, Roger J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Belknap, ©2007.
Subjects:
Battles > Fiction.
War stories.
Battles
War stories
Fiction
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Prologue
  • 1 A Sword Is Drawn
  • 2 The Testament
  • 3 The Lesson
  • 4 Scoundrel
  • 5 La Noche Triste
  • 6 Galen's Proof
  • 7 In Winter Quarters
  • 8 The Very Last Civil War Historian
  • 9 Human Rain
  • 10 Rain Stops Play
  • 11 The Final War
  • 12 At the Fair
  • 13 The Discovery of Kansas.

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