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Nolan, Cathal J.
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Battles.
Military history.
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Nolan, Cathal J.
Battles.
Military history.
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The
allure
of
battle
: a
history
of
how
wars
have
been
won
and
lost
/ Cathal J. Nolan.
by
Nolan, Cathal J.
Oxford University Press, 2017.
Call #:
355.409 N787a
Subjects
Battles.
Military
history
.
ISBN:
9780195383782 (hc.)
Description:
viii, 709 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 583-652) and index.
Contents:
Battle
in
history
--
Battle
retarded --
Battle
remembered --
Battle
reformed --
Battle
with reason --
Battle
restored --
Battle
decisive --
Battle
defeated --
Battle
exalted --
Battle
of annihilation -- Annihilation of
battle
-- Annihilation of strategy -- Annihilation of nations -- Annihilation of mercy -- Annihilation at sea -- Annihilation of illusions -- Conclusions.
Summary:
"
History
has tended to measure war's winners and losers in terms of its major engagements, battles in which the result was so clear-cut that they could be considered "decisive." Cannae, Konigsberg, Austerlitz, Midway, Agincourt - all resonate in the literature of war and in our imaginations as tide-turning. But these legendary battles may or may not have determined the final outcome of the
wars
in which they were fought. Nor has the "genius" of the so-called Great Captains - from Alexander the Great to Frederick the Great and Napoleon - played a major role.
Wars
are decided in other ways. Cathal J. Nolan systematically and engrossingly examines the great battles, tracing what he calls "short-war thinking," the hope that victory might be swift and
wars
brief. As he proves persuasively, however, such has almost never
been
the case. Even the major engagements have mainly contributed to victory or defeat by accelerating the erosion of the other side's defences. Massive conflicts, the so-called "people's
wars
," beginning with Napoleon and continuing until 1945, have consisted of and
been
determined by prolonged stalemate and attrition, industrial
wars
in which the determining factor has
been
not military but matériel. The author places battles squarely and mercilessly within the context of the wider conflict in which they took place, helping to correct a distorted view of
battle
's role in war, replacing popular images of the "battles of annihilation" with somber appreciation of the commitments and human sacrifices made throughout centuries of war particularly among the Great Powers. Cathal J. Nolan teaches
history
at Boston University"--Provided by publisher.
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