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Changing Face of Battle, The

By: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd)


Product Info

Title
Changing Face of Battle, The
Category
Author
Bryan Perrett
Publish Year
2000
Dimensions
7.75x10x1"
NKG Part #
2148162673
Type
Hardcover

Description

Mankind has always been in conflict. Without war, there would be no peace, no stability, no safety. Men go to war to defend, or acquire, territory that they see as rightly theirs; to defend, or impose, beliefs that they hold as fundamental truths. In 2,000 years, while the causes of battle have hardly changed, the conduct of battle has changed and developed apace. Technology advances, weaponry becomes ever more powerful, military thinking shifts again and again. In THE CHANGING FACE OF BATTLE, historian Bryan Perrett reviews that continuous process of change, from AD 9 through to the Gulf War. By analysis of some 30 significant battle confrontations he shows, in clear detail, just how advanced we now are in the art of warfare.