The Other Face of Battle: America's Forgotten Wars and the Experience of Combat - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Wayne E. Lee, David L. Preston, Anthony E. CarlsonPublish date:2021-06-08Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190920647ISBN-10:190920645UPC:9780190920647Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, United StatesBook Topic:United States, Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), 19th CenturySize:9.29 x 6.38 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SC9RFQ2PP9
The Other Face of Battle: America's Forgotten Wars and the Experience of Combat
Taking its title from The Face of Battle, John Keegan's canonical book on the nature of warfare, The Other Face of Battle illuminates the American experience of fighting in "irregular" and "intercultural" wars over the centuries. Sometimes known as "forgotten" wars, in part because they lacked triumphant clarity, they are the focus of the book. David Preston, David Silbey, and Anthony Carlson...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190920647ISBN-10:190920645UPC:9780190920647Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, United StatesBook Topic:United States, Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), 19th CenturySize:9.29 x 6.38 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SC9RFQ2PP9
Wayne E. Lee is the Bruce W. Carney Distinguished Professor of History at the University of North Carolina. He is the author of many books, most recently Waging War: Conflict, Culture, and Innovation in World History (OUP 2016). He is a veteran of the U.S. Army, and was the 2015-16 Harold K. Johnson Chair of Military History at the U.S. Army War College. David Preston is General Mark Clark...
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