The verdict of battle : the law of victory and the making of modern war /
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Author / Creator: | Whitman, James Q., 1957- |
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Imprint: | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012. |
Description: | 1 online resource (323 pages) |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11162136 |
Table of Contents:
- Why battles matter
- Accepting the wager of battle
- Laying just claim to the profits of war
- The monarchical monopolization of military violence
- Were there really rules?
- The death of pitched battle.