Carnage and culture : landmark battles in the rise of Western power
Through depictions of historic battles, the author exposes the connection between the West's superiority on the battlefield and its rise to world dominance, including controversial arguments ignited by the recent words of various historians
1 online resource (xvii, 506 pages) : illustrations, maps
9781299266742, 9780307425188, 1299266746, 0307425185
609403179
1. Why the West has won
2. Freedom, or "To live as you please"; Salamis, Sept. 28, 480 B.C
3. Decisive battle; Guagamela, Oct. 1, 331 B.C
4. Citizen soldiers; Cannae, Aug. 2, 216 B.C
5. Landed infantry; Poitiers, Oct. 11, 732
6. Technology and the wages of reason; Tenochtitlán, June 24, 1520-Aug. 13, 1521
7. The market
or capitalism kills; Lepanto, Oct. 7, 1571
8. Discipline
or Warriors are not always soldiers; Rorke's Drift, Jan. 22-23, 1879
9. Individualism; Midway, June 4-8, 1942
10. Dissent and self-critique; Tet, Jan. 31-Apr. 6, 1968
11. Western warfare : past and future
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010